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Senior Backend Engineer

$160k - $180k

NextDeavor Inc.

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Backend Engineer

Full-time

New York, NY, US

Exclusive confidential search — details shared with qualified applicants.

Benefits You'll Love
  • Equity / ownership upside
Become a Key Player as a Senior Backend Engineer

You will help build the enforcement infrastructure that ensures AI-driven communication is safe and compliant, delivering low-latency, reliable systems used across the organization. You will work as an individual contributor with significant architectural ownership, collaborating closely with engineering peers and product stakeholders. Hybrid (3 days onsite) in the New York City area.

Here's How You'll Make an Impact on the Team
  • Build the layer that connects AI agents and developer frameworks: proxies, SDKs, and agent tooling
  • Own the policy backend, including connectors, ingest of rule sources and restricted lists, and the engine that tracks rule changes
  • Build controls that determine what each agent is allowed to do
  • Design and operate systems to meet low latency and high reliability under enterprise load
  • Maintain a high bar for security and data protection when handling sensitive content
Here's What You'll Need to Be Successful in This Role
  • 5+ years building and running production backends at scale
  • Strong experience in a modern backend language (Go, Python, Java, or Node)
  • Solid knowledge of APIs, distributed systems, databases, queues, and caching
  • Experience with cloud environments, containers, and CI/CD
  • Focus on latency, reliability, and writing clean code
Here's What Else Might Help You Out
  • Experience with low-latency or real-time systems
  • Experience building SDKs, proxies, or developer-facing infrastructure
  • Experience working with sensitive or regulated data
Pay Range

$160,000 - $180,000/year

Ready to Make Your Mark?

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