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Clipbook builds AI for communications and corporate affairs.
Founding Backend Engineer – AI, Data
Location
United States
Posted
65 days ago
Salary
$150K - $220K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
Founding Backend Engineer – AI, Data
Clipbook
• Architect & build core backend systems. • Design scalable data infrastructure. • Integrate AI into real-world workflows. • Design systems that scale. • Develop performant APIs and services. • Collaborate closely with users. • Shape Clipbook's engineering culture.
Job Requirements
- 2–10+ years building and scaling production backend systems.
- Genuine excitement to build quickly & ship fast.
- You take ownership.
- Comfortable with ambiguity.
- Strong experience with cloud infrastructure, containerization, and CI/CD.
- A future leader.
- Technical Areas Where Depth Matters (one or more):
- Data Engineering: Spark, Kafka, Flink, BigQuery, streaming pipelines, ETL at scale.
- Distributed Systems: High-volume scaling, fault tolerance, eventual consistency.
- AI/ML: LLMs in production, RAG, embeddings, fine-tuning, inference optimization.
- Backend: Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, high-concurrency systems.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- Unlimited PTO
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