Cresta
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (AI Agent)
$205K–$270K
United States (Remote) +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 1, 2026
- Location
- United States (Remote)
US (Remote) - Experience
- 5+ years in backend system architecture, cloud services, or related technology fields.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
About the job
Build and maintain scalable, reliable backend systems that support Cresta’s AI Agent solutions and production interactions.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain backend architectures and APIs for AI Agent solutions.
- Improve scalability, reliability, response times, data processing, security, and cost efficiency in production.
- Collaborate with frontend and machine learning engineers to integrate AI Agents into customer solutions.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience in backend system architecture, cloud services, or related technology fields.
- Proficiency designing and maintaining APIs; understanding of gRPC and REST.
- Experience with AI Agent or Virtual Agent systems and SQL or NoSQL database schema design and query optimization.
- Experience deploying containerized microservices with Kubernetes and Docker, and working with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Pay
$205,000–$270,000 USD base salary
Tools
gRPC, REST, SQL, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure
AI focus
Develop backend systems for AI Agents and proprietary models, bringing AI capabilities into production; the role focuses on server optimization and data management rather than pure research.
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