# Senior Backend Engineer

We are looking for aSenior Backend Engineer to help build and scale a cutting-edge platform that combines cloud infrastructure, data intelligence, and artificial intelligence. You'll work on high-impact systems that process large volumes of data, integrate with leading AI technologies, and support mission-critical decision-making for enterprise customers. As part of a small, highly collaborative team, you'll have significant ownership over architecture, technical direction, and product outcomes. If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and building products from the ground up, we'd love to hear from you. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using TypeScript, Node.js, Express, Python, and FastAPI. Build and optimize backend systems, databases, and data processing workflows to support product and business needs. Develop and maintain integrations with AI platforms and Large Language Models (LLMs), including OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, and similar technologies. Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to define technical solutions and deliver impactful features. Improve application performance, reliabili

- **Id**: 3394092
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/kake-senior-backend-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: inferred_payroll_markers
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries**: US, CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 2
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-22T15:57:16Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T15:19:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 138
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3056
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4454565
- **Name**: Kake
- **Domain**: kake.co
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/kake-2>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 70
- **Open postings**: 65
- **Ghost share**: 0.508
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Remote working hours

- **Label**: UTC-8 – UTC-5
- **Utc offset min**: \-8
- **Utc offset max**: \-5

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 83000
- **Max usd**: 213000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_seniority_cell
- **Sample n**: 7767

## Technologies

- **Anthropic** — Optional: no
- **FastAPI** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Gemini** — Optional: no
- **Node JS** — Optional: no
- **OpenAI** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **Datadog** — Optional: yes
- **Go** — Optional: yes
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes
- **Next.js** — Optional: yes
- **React.js** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 137

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country
- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-28T11:40:14Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 6
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.205
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 137
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, ghost, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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