Descripción de la oferta
As Alinia’s Back-End Engineer, you will play a foundational role in shaping the core infrastructure and backend systems powering our platform. We're building critical safety and governance infrastructure for generative AI, and as one of the first engineers, you’ll be instrumental in ensuring that our backend is fast, scalable, secure, and enterprise‑ready. This is a hands‑on, high‑impact role for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced startup, can wear multiple hats, and wants to help define how the backend of AI‑powered products should be built.
Responsibilities
Maintain, scale, and secure our Python FastAPI backend and microservices
Serve and optimize large language models (LLMs) via performant, cost‑aware inference endpoints
Design and build robust, scalable APIs to support product and customer use cases
Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines, observability, and monitoring to ensure system reliability
Manage cloud infrastructure and optimize spend, balancing performance and cost
Implement security best practices and support compliance with frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001
Work closely with product and front‑end engineers, translating user and product needs into scalable backend architecture
Collaborate with technical vendors, AI providers, and cloud platforms on integrations and deployments
Triage and resolve backend bugs or incidents, especially those affecting customer experience
Support post‑sales technical implementation and onboarding for enterprise customers
Requirements
3+ years as a backend engineer working on production systems
Strong proficiency in Python and experience building with FastAPI or similar frameworks
Deep experience with RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL, and Docker
Solid understanding of backend infrastructure, including deployment, CI/CD, observability, and debugging
Experience working with or integrating LLM inference pipelines
Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Strong understanding of security, data privacy, and compliance in an enterprise SaaS context
Clear communicator and cross‑functional collaborator
Comfortable working in a startup environment with shifting priorities and open threads
Nice to have
Experience building and scaling systems to support LLM‑serving infrastructure
Exposure to infrastructure‑as‑code (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi) and Kubernetes
Prior experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar audits
0→1 startup experience and ability to navigate ambiguity with ownership
DevOps mindset: build, monitor, fix, and improve continuously
Why Join Alinia?
Cutting‑edge tech : Work on one of the most important challenges in AI—alignment, safety, and trust
High ownership & growth : Be a core part of the early engineering team with massive upside
Flexible work : Hybrid or remote work, with preference for CET time zone
Collaborative culture : Small, experienced, mission‑driven team
Impact : Directly shape the technical foundation of an AI governance platform adopted by enterprises
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