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Senior Backend Engineer (Scala)

Jobot
Phoenix, AZ Full Time
POSTED ON 4/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/17/2026
Fully remote, exciting greenfield AI buildout. Well-funded, room for growth!

This Jobot Job is hosted by: Grant Greenhalgh
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Salary: $140,000 - $170,000 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 scale our backend services.

Why join us?
  • Fully Remote
  • Well-funded
  • Senior team of proven engineers
  • Autonomy and upward mobility
  • Competitive compensation
  • Lucrative Equity
  • Great healthcare benefits


Job Details

We're looking for a Backend Scala Engineer to help architect and scale a next-gen AI platform. You'll join a high-caliber engineering team building intelligent systems that integrate data, inference engines, and scalable APIs to power 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

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


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Salary : $140,000 - $170,000

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