About the role
The Role
We’re looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to own and evolve the backbone of StackAI’s platform. This is not just a coding role, it’s a technical leadership position where you’ll help shape our architecture, guide our backend engineering direction, and set the standards for scalability, reliability, and developer excellence.
You’ll work closely with our founders and product leads to make long-term architectural decisions that will define how we scale from thousands to millions of users.
What You’ll Do
- Architect, design, and lead the development of scalable backend systems powering our no-code AI platform.
- Define long-term backend strategy: system design patterns, data modeling approaches, service boundaries, and infrastructure choices.
- Mentor and elevate other engineers by reviewing designs, sharing context, and driving best practices across backend development.
- Integrate new AI models and data sources as they are released, ensuring robust performance and reliability.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and frontend teams to translate user needs into elegant backend solutions.
- Continuously evolve our infrastructure for reliability, observability, and performance — proactively identifying and solving bottlenecks before they occur.
- Advocate for technical excellence, balancing velocity with sustainable, maintainable design.
