Distyl AI
Software Engineer - Back End
$150K–$250K
San Francisco +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Apr 29, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York - Experience
- 3–10+ years of software engineering experience across multiple seniority levels.
About the job
Build and optimize Distillery, an AI-native platform for enterprise workflows, focusing on scalable backend services, infrastructure, and system reliability.
What you'll do
- Develop AI-native infrastructure and cloud-native backend services for scalable AI systems.
- Improve availability, security, performance, and observability across AI workflows.
- Collaborate with engineers, AI researchers, and business stakeholders to turn operational needs into platform capabilities.
What they ask for
- Proficiency in Python, Java, Golang, or C++ for scalable, high-performance systems.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and infrastructure as code.
- Ability to travel 10–20%.
Nice to have
- Experience with security, distributed systems, storage, ML/AI Ops, or large-scale observability.
- Interest in AI-native development using tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Cursor.
Pay
$150K – $250K (base salary)
Tools
Python, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes
AI focus
Develop AI-native infrastructure and systems that build, optimize, and operate AI-powered enterprise workflows; apply ML/AI Ops and AI tools in engineering workflows.
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