Backend Software Engineer
Company: Anonymized uhYaVC
Location: New York, NY
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-05-23
About this role
- As a Backend Engineer, you’ll contribute to the development of the core systems powering our three main products, AI Studio, Le Chat & Mistral Code, shaping how users and developers interact with our AI platform at scale
- You’ll work on building reliable, high-performance backend systems and APIs that serve millions of users and developers
- Your work will directly impact the developer and user experience, making it more engaging, efficient, and intuitive
- Depending on your skills and field of expertise, you will be involved in key components of our technology, including:
- Backend Development:
- Design, develop and maintain scalable, robust backend features and APIs using modern frameworks
- Ensure high performance and reliability across our distributed systems
- Contribute to systems powering inference, billing, AI tooling, observability, and developer experience
- System Architecture:
- Design and implement efficient, secure and scalable architectures that support our fast-growing products
- Collaborate with infrastructure teams on deployment, monitoring, and performance optimization
- Code Quality:
- Write clean, maintainable and well-documented code
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical standards and best practices
- Cross-functional Collaboration:
- Collaborate with product managers, platform engineers, and AI/ML teams to design, build, and deliver scalable model-as-a-service solutions for developers and enterprise users
- Partner with teams across AI Studio, Le Chat & Mistral Code to ensure consistent platform-wide experience
- Problem-Solving & Innovation:
- Tackle complex engineering challenges, from distributed systems to AI product integration
- Stay up-to-date with new technologies (e.g., AI/LLM integration, observability, or backend frameworks) and bring them into production when relevant
### Benefits
- Competitive bonus structure
- Equity
- Opportunities for professional growth and development- We are seeking passionate and sk...