Senior / Staff Backend Software Engineer (Core Product)

Backflip AI is on a mission to revolutionize mechanical design through AI, enabling anyone to create complex systems effortlessly. They are seeking a Senior or Staff Backend Engineer to architect and build the software backbone of their intelligent design environment, ensuring high performance and security for enterprise customers.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and own the backend systems that power AI-driven design workflows for our customers, including architecture, scaling, and performance
• Deploy products to production, and iterate on them based on customer experiences and feedback
• Collaborate with the AI team, design, front-end, and product to set and deliver engineering initiatives and projects that turn our cutting-edge AI into impactful products
• Architect backend systems around AWS services, vector databases, and modern data infrastructure
• Design multi-tenant systems that support enterprise customers securely and efficiently
• Own authentication and authorization systems (RBAC, SSO, OAuth, SAML)
• Improve observability through logging, monitoring, tracing, and alerting
• Own performance and scale: build APIs, indexes, and search systems that make high-dimensional data feel instant
• Own security and enterprise-readiness, including authentication / authorization
• Contribute to product direction: work with customers, design, AI, and leadership to turn technical capabilities into delightful user experiences
• (Optional but exciting): advance 3D visualization, geometry, or rendering that make engineering feel magical