AI focused Backend Engineer

<b>Description</b><br><p><strong>Wand AI’s Mission</strong></p><p>Wand AI’s mission is to drive a generational leap for the global economy by integrating agent ecosystems into the core of work, business, and society. We are committed to making this shift safe, transparent, and radically efficient.</p><p>We build the operating system that powers, manages, and scales agent ecosystems, and the tools that enable seamless collaboration between humans and agents at every level of autonomy.</p><p>This transformation will redefine how economies operate, how organizations grow, and how progress is made in an increasingly agent-driven world.</p><p><strong>Join AI’s Brightest Minds</strong></p><p>Work alongside some of the world’s best talent from the likes of DeepMind, Microsoft Research, Google Brain, Amazon, Nvidia, IBM, Jasper, and Hubspot. Our team consistently publishes groundbreaking research in the field’s most prestigious journals.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>We’re Focused on Outcomes</strong></p><p>Wand is assembling an elite global team of extraordinary talent—highly driven, high-IQ individuals with exceptional critical thinking abilities, high ownership, and a can-do mentality, ready to fully dedicate themselves, committing extensive hours each week and embracing aggressive timelines to shape the future.</p><br> <b>Requirements</b><br><p>Position Summary:</p><p>We are looking for a motivated backend engineer who is passionate about building reliable and scalable systems, with a strong interest in working on AI-powered products. You will contribute to the design and development of backend services that support our AI features and product logic. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with some production experience and a deep curiosity for AI to grow within a fast-paced environment alongside experienced engineers.</p><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Develop and maintain backend services supporting AI features and business logic.</li><li>Collaborate closely with AI researchers, product managers, and frontend engineers.</li><li>Implement clean, maintainable, and testable code.</li><li>Optimize APIs and data processing pipelines for performance and scalability.</li><li>Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and team meetings.</li><li>Stay up to date with industry best practices in backend and AI integration.</li></ul><p>Key Qualifications:</p><ul><li>1–3 years of AI experience and 3+ years of backend development experience (professional or equivalent project-based).</li><li>Solid knowledge of Python or a similar backend language.</li><li>Familiarity with building RESTful APIs and working with databases.</li><li>Basic understanding of cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP).</li><li>Strong interest in AI technologies and willingness to learn how to support them in production.</li><li>Ability to work independently and ask the right questions when needed.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field</li></ul><p>Preferred Experience:</p><ul><li>Exposure to AI/ML concepts, especially LLMs or NLP systems.</li><li>Experience working in a product-focused or early-stage startup environment.</li><li>Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).</li><li>Experience using message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) is a plus.</li></ul><p>Personal Characteristics:</p><ul><li>Eager to learn and contribute to ambitious projects.</li><li>Clear communicator and collaborative team player.</li><li>Takes ownership and shows initiative in solving problems.</li><li>Thrives in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.</li></ul><br>