Lead BE - Aliveo

About Us

Aliveo AI Corp is a fast-paced startup on a mission to revolutionize marketing teams with cutting-edge AI solutions. Our AI Data Copilot empowers marketers to work smarter, faster, and more efficiently. We are passionate about leveraging the latest advancements in AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to drive innovation in the marketing industry.

The founders are AI experts who have built most of the impactful AI applications at LinkedIIn prior to working at Aliveo. You will be directly working with them for the role. We work hard and directly expose all our engineers to the 

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer who is highly motivated, takes ownership, and is eager to push the boundaries of AI-driven applications. You will play a crucial role in developing, optimizing, and scaling our backend systems, with a particular focus on integrating large language models (LLMs) into our product.

This is a fully remote position, offering flexibility and the opportunity to collaborate with a talented, globally distributed team.

Key Responsibilities

• Backend Development: Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Flask and PostgreSQL.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Implement and manage AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) for deployment, scaling, and monitoring.
• API Development: Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs to support frontend and AI-driven workflows.
• Data Processing & Analysis: Utilize pandas to process and manipulate structured data for AI-driven insights.
• LLM Integration: Help integrate large language models (LLMs) into our platform, optimizing performance and API interactions.
• Performance Optimization: Ensure backend systems are highly performant, scalable, and secure.
• Troubleshooting & Debugging: Identify, diagnose, and resolve backend issues efficiently.
• Best Practices & Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, following industry best practices.
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Work closely with founders to benefit from direct mentorship.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Backend Engineer or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in Flask and PostgreSQL for backend development.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) for cloud deployment and scaling.
• Experience with LLMs and AI-driven applications (prior exposure to OpenAI APIs, Hugging Face, or similar is a plus).
• Comfortable using pandas for data processing and analysis.
• Experience with API development (RESTful, GraphQL).
• Strong understanding of scalability, security, and performance optimization for backend systems.
• Bonus: Familiarity with React and TypeScript (not required, but a plus).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in a remote-first environment.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently.