Senior Back-End Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Back-End Engineer responsible for backend infrastructure, AI endpoints, and maintenance of various services. The role requires excellent JavaScript, Python skills, a degree in Computer Science, and experience with Node.js, Docker, DBMS technology, and AI/LLMs. The candidate will work closely with multiple teams and influence the company's direction.

Requirements

• Excellent JavaScript skills
• Excellent Python skills
• Degree in Computer Science
• Experience with Node.js , Docker, DBMS technology including postgresSQL and SQLlite and caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcache
• In-depth understanding of the Python software development stacks, ecosystems, frameworks, and tools such as Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, Dask, spaCy, NLTK, sci-kit-learn, and PyTorch
• AI/LLMs: Experience with large language models and prompt engineering
• Familiarity with blockchain governance or enthusiasm to learn
• Team player and are comfortable reviewing others' code and implementing feedback from others on your work
• Exceptional communication skills
• Comfortable with asynchronous written communication, synchronous video calls, pair programming, etc

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI endpoints and support infrastructure for proprietary models
• Maintain the backend infrastructure for Volume’s Defi dApps, Bots, and AI models
• Work with LLMs (e.g., Llama3) to enhance AI capabilities with user-specific context
• Develop and maintain data management dashboards for user interaction and context control
• Maintain services and scripts for the marketing team infrastructure with Mixpanel, Storyblock, and Discourse
• Write high-quality, reusable, and well-tested code to meet our company goals
• Demonstrate security and secret management across numerous services

Preferred Qualifications

• Good Rust skills
• Proficient knowledge of Go

Benefits

$175,000 - $250,000 a year