Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform)
About the Role
This is a platform engineering role at an early-stage AI startup building autonomous back-office and supply chain operations for US manufacturers. You will design and own the backend systems, data pipelines, and AI integrations that coordinate intelligent agents and high-stakes transactions across complex manufacturing workflows. The work is foundational and high-impact on a very small team.
What You'll Do
Design and scale backend services using Next.js API routes, background jobs, and serverless functions to handle high-throughput order processing.
Build and productionize LLM-based agents, AI/ML infrastructure, and RAG patterns for intelligent quote analysis and supplier recommendations.
Own the data layer by designing PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and complex queries for materials, quotes, orders, and supplier relationships.
Architect event-driven systems with reliable pipelines for order state management, notification triggers, and cross-system synchronization.
Implement caching and rate-limiting strategies to ensure reliable external API calls at scale.
Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability patterns while owning incident response for backend
