Backend Engineer

The role

You will help build core parts of Scala and Python data and agent infrastructure. You will contribute to backend services and data pipelines and work on system design to scale systems.

What you will do

• Help design and build of resilient backend services and APIs
• Partner with senior engineers in designing systems and architectures for reliability and scale
• Develop data pipelines from ingestion to enrichment to delivery
• Build reliability and test coverage into the code itself
• Improve performance, scalability, and observability across our stack
• Work closely with data/ML to productize AI-powered agents end to end
• Participate in design reviews, pairing, and shared engineering best practices
• Optimize for real impact, customer outcomes, and fast iteration
• Use next-gen AI tools to improve code quality and velocity

Required qualifications

• 3+ years building and operating production backend systems
• Experience with Scala, Python, or functional / JVM languages
• Familiarity with distributed systems, data modeling, and high-volume data flows

Nice to have

• Enjoy a mix of greenfield work and scaling existing systems
• Thrive without heavy process, QA buffers, or endless safeguards
• Have a bias to ship, measure, and refine rather than over-architect
• Are motivated by rapid iteration and tangible customer-facing impact
• Are excited to work where AI/ML is deeply embedded in the product, not bolted on

Benefits

• Top-tier compensation with meaningful equity upside

Before you apply

• Intro Call
• Deep Dive
• Work Sample
• Founder Conversation

About the company

Boam AI builds managed data solutions that transform unstructured signals into structured intelligence on millions of SMBs and enterprises worldwide. Their agentic systems power CRMs, data warehouses, AI products, and mission-critical decisions.