# Senior Backend & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Sekai is building the TikTok for mini apps - an AI-driven consumer platform where people create, remix, share, and play interactive content instantly. We are a Series A company backed by Khosla, a16z and Mayfield, with $30M raised to date. We are remote-first across all positions and are looking for ambitious, AI-native builders who want to help shape the next generation of consumer social products. About Sekai Sekai is an AI-powered consumer platform where users can create, remix, and play interactive content. We build mobile-first products at the intersection of AI, consumer social, and interactive entertainment. We are a Series A company backed by top VCs including a16z, a+, Mayfield, and Khosla, and have raised a total of $30m. Here are Sekai’s download links: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=chat.sekai.app&hl=en_US IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sekai-create-remix-play/id6504506653 About the Role We're looking for a Backend & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to help build and scale the systems behind Sekai. In this role, you'll work across backend development and cloud infrastructure, building high-performance APIs, supporting AI/LLM workloads, and ens

- **Id**: 4008214
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sekai-senior-backend-cloud-infrastructure-engineer>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T04:16:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T08:35:40Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4336
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Health insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Mobile Games, Consumer & Utility Software

## Company

- **Id**: 720617
- **Name**: Sekai
- **Domain**: sekai.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sekai>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 4
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Amazon CloudWatch** — Optional: no
- **Amazon ECS** — Optional: no
- **Amazon S3** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **AWS Lambda** — Optional: no
- **Celery** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Datadog** — Optional: no
- **Django** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **FastAPI** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **gRPC** — Optional: no
- **IAM** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Least Privilege** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **MySQL** — Optional: no
- **Nginx** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Redis** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Sentry** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **Google BigQuery** — Optional: yes
- **VPN** — Optional: yes
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T08:35:40Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 36
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T10:25:33Z

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