Member of Technical Staff, Backend
Design and maintain backend systems for emotionally intelligent AI applications at Inflection AI in Palo Alto.
Posted by employer 15 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 4 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 4 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain backend software services
- Build and operate distributed systems for real-time data processing
- Develop and maintain cloud-based backend infrastructure
- Implement data storage and caching solutions
- Monitor system performance and resolve production issues
Must have
- 5 years of experience in software engineering or backend systems development
- Developing, testing, and maintaining backend software services
- Designing and implementing distributed systems
- Working with relational and/or non-relational databases
- Deploying backend systems in cloud-based environments
AI in the day-to-day
Inflection AI created Pi, an emotionally intelligent AI to help people work through decisions and challenges.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Member of Technical Staff, Backend at Inflection AI focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining backend systems that support enterprise applications and conversational AI platforms. Key skills include expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and database management, with a strong emphasis on API development and system reliability. This role is suited for experienced software engineers with a solid background in backend development and a collaborative mindset. Inflection AI is dedicated to creating emotionally intelligent AI, positioning this role within a forward-thinking team.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 10, 2026. Last confirmed on Inflection AI's careers page October 10, 2026.
- distributed systems appears in 11.4% of 306 comparable staff backend roles in United States; relational databases appears in 0.7% of 306 comparable staff backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Member of Technical Staff, Backend role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in Palo Alto, California, United States.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Member of Technical Staff, Backend role.
- Where is the role based?
- Inflection AI is hiring for this position in Palo Alto, California, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: APIs, Backend, Cloud, containerization, distributed systems, non-relational databases.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Inflection AI targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Member of Technical Staff, Backend role at Inflection AI.
From the original posting
About Inflection AI
Member of Technical Staff, Backend wanted in Palo Alto, California to Responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining backend software systems and infrastructure that support scalable enterprise applications and conversational AI platforms. Duties include: Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain backend software services and application programming interfaces (APIs) to support production software applications; Build and operate distributed systems that support real time data processing, system workflows, and application integrations; Develop and maintain cloud based and containerized backend infrastructure to ensure system scalability, reliability, and availability; Implement data storage, retrieval, and caching solutions using relational and non relational databases to support backend services; Collaborate with cross functional teams, including applied research, product management, frontend engineering, and infrastructure teams, to translate functional requirements into backend system implementations; Develop internal tools, pipelines, and automation frameworks to support continuous integration, continuous deployment, system monitoring, and operational efficiency; Monitor system performance and reliability; troubleshoot and resolve production issues; and implement improvements to meet performance, uptime, and latency requirements; Participate in incident response activities, including on call rotations, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation; Ensure backend systems comply with security, data protection, and access control requirements; Document system architecture, design decisions, and operational procedures to support ongoing maintenance and future development.
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a closely related field. Required experience includes five (5) years of progressive, post baccalaureate experience in software engineering or backend systems development. Experience must involve each of the following: Developing, testing, and maintaining backend software services and application programming interfaces (APIs) for production applications; Designing and implementing distributed systems to support scalable, high availability applications; Working with data storage technologies, including relational and/or non relational databases, to support backend services; Deploying and operating backend systems in cloud based or containerized environments; Monitoring, debugging, and resolving issues in production software systems; Collaborating with cross functional teams to translate functional requirements into backend technical solutions.
**Employer will accept a Master’s degree and 3 years of experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience.
Send resumes to Shea Helms, at shea.helms@inflection.ai or apply online at: Inflection AI | About
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