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Backend and Infra Engineer

AidaBay Area (Palo Alto)🇺🇸United States

Why this role stands out

You will have a significant impact building the core infrastructure for an AI company founded by industry leaders, with excellent growth potential in a well-funded, stealth-mode startup. This remote role is ideal for experienced backend and infra engineers passionate about system design and cloud technologies who thrive in dynamic environments. Apply now to shape the future of AI assistants!

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeHybrid
LocationBay Area (Palo Alto), United States
DockerGCPSQLAWSELKAzureDNSDatadogGrafanaJavaScriptPrometheusPythonTypeScriptCI/CDLinuxSystem Design

Job description

Company Overview

Aida is a B2B enterprise AI company founded by Piyush Prahladka, former co-founder of Glean (a unicorn valued at $7.2B), and Atish Das Sarma, former head of growth engineering at Patreon and head of AI at Apple Cloud. Currently operating in stealth mode, Aida is developing deep AI assistants tailored for every role. The company is well-funded, having secured a significant seed round.

Aida’s team consists of 20 members based in Palo Alto and India. We are seeking a strong Backend and Infra Engineer who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Must-have skills:

  • Solid coding experience in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and other languages

  • Strong background in Data Structures and Algorithms

  • Solid system design skills, with the ability to describe moderately complex system design problems in technical depth

  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases

  • Knowledge of at least one public cloud platform—AWS, GCP, or Azure

  • Familiarity with modern cloud environments: Docker & containerization, infrastructure-as-code, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and automation

  • Experience with modern monitoring/logging architectures (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, fluent-bit, DataDog) and the ability to discuss these systems

  • Strong networking knowledge: DNS, firewalls, routing, VPC peering, packet-sniffing, security groups, ports, tcpdump, DNS caching, etc.

  • Solid Linux/Unix fundamentals

  • Hands-on experience with network security and database systems

  • At least 3 years of relevant experience

Nice to have:

  • Prior startup experience

Other:

  • Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in CS or a related field with a strong academic background

  • Competitive pay and benefits

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