Senior Backend Engineer
Sentient
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About The Position
Sentient is advancing and empowering the development of open-source artificial general intelligence (AGI). We build research, products, and frameworks that help developers and researchers to push the boundaries of AI in the open. Our mission is to enable a future where the development of AGI is shaped by a broad community of contributors. Backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Pantera, and Framework, we’re bringing together a team to tackle fundamental challenges in open-source AI. Join us to help build the tools and technology that make this future possible.
Requirements
- 5+ years hands-on experience in developing large applications and designing end-to-end infrastructure
- Demonstrated mastery of the Python programming language
- Expertise in a lot of the AWS and GCP services: Compute: EC2, GCE, Lambda, Cloud Functions Networking: VPC, Cloud VPN, Transit Gateway, Cloud Interconnect Storage: S3, Cloud Storage, EBS, Persistent Disk Databases: RDS, Cloud SQL, DynamoDB, Bigtable Containerization: ECS, GKE, ECR, Container Registry Serverless: Lambda, Cloud Functions, API Gateway, Cloud Run Monitoring: CloudWatch, Cloud Monitoring, CloudTrail, Cloud Audit Logs
- Expertise in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, GKE)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, Cloud Deployment Manager)
- Understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, datasets, fine-tuning, and AI inference
- Problem-solving mindset to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced startup
- Passion for building revolutionary AI products
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain fault-tolerant core infrastructure for the Sentient platform
- Architect and manage robust performance-critical backend services on AWS and GCP
- Implement serverless architectures and optimize cloud resource utilization
- Implement and maintain REST and Websocket APIs to provide data to AI applications
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
- Design and deploy scalable, reliable, and secure end-to-end AI workflows for Sentient products, including fine-tuning and inference pipelines for generative AI models
- Design and implement custom AI agent frameworks and multi-agent systems from scratch
- Deploy, test, and follow proper release management processes to drive end-to-end services from dev to UAT to production
- Deploy services in accordance with security measures, including IAM, security groups, and encryption
- Write comprehensive documentation to ensure reproducibility and transparency
Benefits
- Competitive salary, equity, and insurance
- Flexible PTO and WFH policy
- Top-of-the-line engineers and technology
- Opportunity to shape the direction of a pioneering open AI platform
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
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