Tech Lead, Backend Engineer

Company: Higgsfield AI

Format: remote

Employment: full time

Salary: P75 according to the market

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Description:

Higgsfield AI is an ambitious startup working on creating fundamental video AI model, similar to OpenAI and Anthropic.

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Required:

⁃ Architect API services for mobile applications in close cooperation with ML engineers and mobile engineers.

⁃ Be able to apply various technologies and approaches for efficient API service construction depending on the context.

⁃ Work with core services within GCP and AWS.

⁃ Maintain proper versioning of API services to ensure backward compatibility with old long-tail versions of the application.

⁃ Containerization & Cluster Management  (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, etc.)

⁃ CI/CD pipelines (mostly Github, custom Actions, production/stage pipelines).

⁃ Logging & Monitoring (tooling: Sentry, Grafana, Prometheus, etc., but alternatives are OK)

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Ideal Candidate:

⁃ Has 5+ years of experience as a Lead Software Engineer (Backend) on Python.

⁃ Has direct experience in developing APIs  (Gateway, BF) for front-end clients.

⁃ Resource provisioning: autoscaling, spot instances, quotas tracking, cost alerts, and cost forecasting.

⁃ Privacy and Security: model and user data, GDPR, policies provisioning Can work and navigate in the high uncertainty of a startup environment.

⁃ Possesses excellent communication skills and can lead cross-team communication.

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Compensation:

⁃ P75 according to the market.

⁃ Cash bonus connected to hitting revenue milestones.

⁃ Furthermore, there are plans to open an office in the UK, offering the possibility of relocation.