Backend Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs to meet demanding performance requirements
• Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business needs into technical specifications and impactful solutions
• Optimize backend systems for reliability, security, and efficiency to ensure seamless user experiences
• Write clean, well-documented, and thoroughly tested code following best engineering practices
• Participate in code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing sessions
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve backend issues in production environments
• Contribute to architecture discussions and decision-making processes

Requirements

• 1+ years of proven expertise in backend development using modern programming languages
• Extensive experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures
• Strong proficiency with relational and NoSQL databases and data modeling principles
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Proficiency with containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes
• Deep understanding of system security, authentication, and authorization best practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with event-driven or serverless architectures
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
• Background in mentoring or technical leadership within backend teams

About the Company

micro1 connects domain experts to the development of frontier AI models. We turn real-world expertise into training data, evaluations, and feedback loops that improve how models perform. Our platform enables AI labs and enterprises to build reliable AI agents through advanced evaluations and reinforcement learning environments. Our goal is to enable 1 billion people to do meaningful work by applying their expertise to AI.