Avvoka

Applied AI Backend Engineering Lead

Avvoka

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudRubyRuby on Rails

About the role

  • Lead AI-driven Backend Development
  • Architect solutions: Design and implement AI-powered features into our product.
  • Feature development: Build scalable backend systems that power AI functionality.
  • Innovation: Propose AI enhancements and improvements to elevate user experience.
  • Improve system performance and scalability
  • Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks across AI and core backend systems.
  • Scalability planning: Build systems that scale with growing AI workloads and user demand.
  • Monitoring & troubleshooting: Leverage metrics and logs to proactively maintain system reliability.
  • Mentor and support the AI Solutions Team
  • Team leadership: Guide engineers through code reviews, workshops, and pair programming.
  • Knowledge sharing: Foster a culture of learning around AI integration and backend best practices.
  • Career growth: Support junior engineers in skill development and confidence building.
  • Collaborate across teams
  • Cross-functional planning: Partner with Product, Design, and AI teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
  • Problem-solving: Drive discussions to resolve complex technical and product challenges.
  • Feedback loop: Help prioritize AI initiatives, technical debt, and feature requests for maximum impact.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience with Ruby on Rails and backend architectures in production environments
  • Strong understanding of web applications, RESTful APIs, and database design
  • Hands-on experience with AI integration, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and cloud-based deployments
  • Proven track record of performance optimization and scaling complex applications
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Professional development opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
Ruby on Railsbackend architectureweb applicationsRESTful APIsdatabase designAI integrationCI/CD pipelinestesting frameworkscloud-based deploymentsperformance optimization
Soft skills
team leadershipmentoringknowledge sharingproblem-solvingcollaboration