Member of Technical Staff (Backend)
ATG, New York City +1
The role
You’ll architect, build, and maintain the distributed systems, APIs, and backend infrastructure that power world-class AI research and deployment. Your work will enable rapid experimentation, robust data flows, and scalable compute. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in small, high-agency teams.
What you will do
- Design and implement scalable backend services, data pipelines, and APIs
- Build infrastructure for high-throughput, low-latency AI/ML workflows
- Set up and manage databases (SQL/NoSQL), including schema design, replication, indexing, and performance optimization
- Optimize for performance, reliability, and security at every layer
- Implement observability best practices (logging, tracing, monitoring, performance tuning)
- Work closely with research and infra teams to support experimental velocity
- Contribute to core engineering culture, including code reviews and mentorship