Emerald AI
Member of Technical Staff - Backend/Distributed Systems
Bay Area +2 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Dec 2, 2025
- Location
- Bay Area
Boston
Washington D.C. - Experience
- Hires across levels, from early-career to staff+; no specific years stated.
About the job
Build and scale the backend platform and real-time energy intelligence systems that help AI data centers adjust power use and interact reliably with energy infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Design and scale systems that interact with real-world energy infrastructure; build high-performance services and APIs.
- Ship end-to-end features and improve reliability, observability, performance, and fault tolerance.
- Partner with product to deliver solutions; for senior candidates, drive architecture and technical direction, lead initiatives, and mentor engineers.
Nice to have
- Experience with distributed systems or data-intensive applications and operating backend or infrastructure systems focused on reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Experience with real-time or near real-time systems; strong system design skills; interest in grid systems, energy orchestration, and applying AI to infrastructure.
AI focus
Build the backend platform and energy intelligence engine that enable AI data centers to dynamically adjust power use and scale sustainably.
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