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About Writer
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Writer is the full-stack generative AI platform delivering transformative ROI for the world’s leading enterprises. Named one of the top 50 companies in AI by Forbes and one of the best places to work by Inc. Magazine, Writer empowers hundreds of customers like Accenture, Intuit, L’Oreal, Mars, Salesforce, and Vanguard to transform the way they work.
Writer’s fully integrated solution makes it easy to deploy secure and reliable AI applications and agents that solve mission-critical business challenges. Our suite of development tools is powered by Palmyra – Writer’s state-of-the-art family of LLMs — alongside our industry-leading graph-based RAG and customizable AI guardrails.
Founded in 2020 with office hubs in San Francisco, New York City, Austin, Chicago, and London, our team of over 250 employees thinks big and moves fast, and we’re looking for smart, hardworking builders and scalers to join us on our journey to create a better future of work.
About this role
Writer is seeking a talented Backend Engineer with deep functional programming and Scala experience to join our dynamic team and contribute to our groundbreaking projects in the enterprise generative AI space.
As a Backend Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining the backend infrastructure that powers our systems. You will collaborate closely with our cross-functional teams to build scalable and efficient solutions. Your expertise in Scala will be instrumental in implementing robust and high-performance backend services.
Your responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend systems and APIs using Scala and related technologies.
- Collaborate with data scientists and machine learning engineers to integrate AI models into the backend infrastructure.
- Optimize and scale backend services to handle large volumes of data and ensure high performance.
- Implement data storage and retrieval mechanisms, ensuring data integrity and security.
- Work closely with frontend developers to define and implement APIs that meet the requirements of the user interface.
- Collaborate with SREs to deploy and monitor backend services in a cloud environment.
- Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure adherence to coding standards.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies, and proactively suggest improvements to enhance the backend infrastructure.
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Benefits & perks
Writer is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to diversity. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law. Under the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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