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Senior Backend Engineer (Scala)

Jobot, Lakewood, Washington, us, 98496

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Fully remote, exciting greenfield AI buildout. Well-funded, room for growth!

This Jobot Job is hosted by Grant Greenhalgh

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Salary $130,000 - $150,000 per year

A Bit About Us

We’re an early-stage AI startup on a mission to redefine how users interact with intelligent systems. We’re building something brand new — and we’re looking for multiple engineers to build out our backend.

Why join us?

Fully Remote Senior team of proven engineers Autonomy and upward mobility Competitive compensation Lucrative Equity Solid healthcare benefits

Job Details

We’re looking for a Backend Scala Engineer to help architect and scale a next-gen AI platform used by enterprise customers across industries. You’ll join a high-caliber engineering team building intelligent systems that integrate data, inference engines, and scalable APIs to power real-time AI workflows.



What You’ll Do

Design and implement scalable Scala services that handle high-throughput data processing and AI orchestration Build APIs and microservices to support inference pipelines, data ingest, and model lifecycle events Collaborate with ML engineers to productize models into production-ready services Contribute to system architecture, database design, and CI/CD automation Write clean, testable code and participate in code reviews



Tech Stack

Languages Scala (primary), Python (secondary) Frameworks/Build Tools Akka, Play, ZIO, SBT Infra AWS, Docker, Kafka, Postgres, GitHub Actions



What We’re Looking For

3+ years building backend systems with Scala (or functional programming proficiency) Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architecture Experience working on data-heavy or AI/ML-adjacent systems Startup experience or comfort working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments

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Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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