Tech Lead, Backend Engineer

Company: Higgsfield AI
Format: remote
Employment: full time

Description
Higgsfield AI is an ambitious startup working on creating fundamental video AI model, similar to OpenAI and Anthropic.

Required
⁃ Architect API services for mobile applications in close cooperation with ML engineers and mobile engineers.
⁃ Be able to apply various technologies and approaches for efficient API service construction depending on the context.
⁃ Work with core services within GCP and AWS.
⁃ Maintain proper versioning of API services to ensure backward compatibility with old long-tail versions of the application.
⁃ Containerization & Cluster Management (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, etc.)
⁃ CI/CD pipelines (mostly Github, custom Actions, production/stage pipelines).
⁃ Logging & Monitoring (tooling: Sentry, Grafana, Prometheus, etc., but alternatives are OK)

Ideal Candidate
⁃ Has 5+ years of experience as a Lead Software Engineer (Backend) on Python.
⁃ Has direct experience in developing APIs (Gateway, BF) for front-end clients.
⁃ Resource provisioning: autoscaling, spot instances, quotas tracking, cost alerts, and cost forecasting.
⁃ Privacy and Security: model and user data, GDPR, policies provisioning Can work and navigate in the high uncertainty of a startup environment.
⁃ Possesses excellent communication skills and can lead cross-team communication.

Compensation
⁃ P75 according to the market.
⁃ Cash bonus connected to hitting revenue milestones.
⁃ Furthermore, there are plans to open an office in the UK, offering the possibility of relocation.

Contacts:
@akovalenko7
anna@higgsfield.ai