Senior backend engineer at Prior Labs

Job Description

Initial Scope

• Design and implement production-grade model serving APIs
• Build comprehensive monitoring, analytics, and observability systems
• Develop secure, GDPR-compliant infrastructure
• Create robust deployment and load balancing systems
• Implement usage tracking and quota management
• Design scalable data storage solutions

Growth Opportunities

As our team expands, you'll have the flexibility to:

• Specialize in areas that match your interests and strengths (e.g., ML infrastructure, security, distributed systems)
• Build and lead a team of engineers
• Define technical strategy and architecture for new product initiatives

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package
• As one of the first hires, development opportunity to become a future leader of one of the top European seed stage companies
• Work with state-of-the-art ML architecture
• High-impact technical decisions
• Professional development opportunities
• Insurance and other benefits like transportation & sports

We're at the forefront of bringing foundation model breakthroughs to tabular data, with the potential to transform how organizations worldwide make decisions. If you're excited about creating robust, scalable systems that will power the next generation of AI applications, we'd love to hear from you.

Preferred experiences

• 3+ years of experience in backend engineering or related field
• Strong Python expertise
• Experience building production-grade APIs with FastAPI
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)
• Understanding of security best practices
• Experience with monitoring and observability
• Knowledge of distributed systems
• Familiarity with ML deployment and infrastructure

What sets you apart

• Experience building ML infrastructure or collaborating with ML research teams
• Contributions to open source projects in related fields
• Track record of optimizing high-performance distributed systems
• Experience with data privacy and security in regulated environments
• Passion for solving complex technical challenges in novel ways
• Interest in foundation models and their applications