Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role

About SentientSentient is advancing and empowering the development of open-source artificial general intelligence (AGI). We build research, products, and frameworks that help developers and researchers to push the boundaries of AI in the open. Our mission is to enable a future where the development of AGI is shaped by a broad community of contributors.Backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Pantera, and Framework, we re bringing together a team to tackle fundamental challenges in open-source AI. Join us to help build the tools and technology that make this future possible.ResponsibilitiesDesign, implement, and maintain fault-tolerant core infrastructure for the Sentient platformArchitect and manage robust performance-critical backend services on AWS and GCPImplement serverless architectures and optimize cloud resource utilizationImplement and maintain REST and Websocket APIs to provide data to AI applicationsCollaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new featuresDesign and deploy scalable, reliable, and secure end-to-end AI workflows for Sentient products, including fine-tuning and inference pipelines for generative AI modelsDesign and implement custom AI agent frameworks and multi-agent systems from scratchDeploy, test, and follow proper release management processes to drive end-to-end services from dev to UAT to productionDeploy services in accordance with security measures, including IAM, security groups, and encryptionWrite comprehensive documentation to ensure reproducibility and transparencyRequired Qualifications5+ years hands-on experience in developing large applications and designing end-to-end infrastructureDemonstrated mastery of the Python programming languageExpertise in a lot of the AWS and GCP services:Compute: EC2, GCE, Lambda, Cloud FunctionsNetworking: VPC, Cloud VPN, Transit Gateway, Cloud InterconnectStorage: S3, Cloud Storage, EBS, Persistent DiskDatabases: RDS, Cloud SQL, DynamoDB, BigtableContainerizat...