What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Software Engineer - Backend. position at Tykhe Inc?
Would you be interested in working for fast growing AI company in Dublin, CA who are looking to hire a Staff Software Engineer who has experience in mentoring junior engineer, own the end-to-end phase of the projects, build data pipeline, handle structured and unstructured data, experience with event-driven architecture, proficient with backend programming : Python.
Responsibilities
- Design and build robust RESTful and GraphQL APIs using Python, Go, or Rust Architect scalable systems for real-time AI/ML-powered applications
- Partner with ML engineers and frontend developers to ship intelligent, user- facing features
- Ensure performance, security, and reliability across AWS environments
- Lead technical architecture and long-term backend strategy
- Drive best practices for code quality, observability, and API design
- Mentor engineers and help grow a high-performance, AI-augmented engineering culture
- Take ownership of customer deployments and support production excellence
Required qualifications
- 8 years of backend software engineering experience (Python, Go, Rust)
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience designing and scaling APIs in cloud-native environments
- Strong systems thinking, debugging skills, and production engineering mindset
- Hands-on with modern infra: Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Experience with distributed systems, async services (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and databases (SQL/NoSQL)
- Deep curiosity and a growth mindset—you love learning, experimenting, and iterating
- Comfortable using AI tools to accelerate your development workflow
Preferred qualifications
- Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with AI/ML platforms or MLOps pipelines
- Familiarity with Graph or Vector databases, or large-scale search infra-Startup or hypergrowth environment experience
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, feature flagging, and testing frameworks