Software Engineer - Back End

Distyl is an applied AI technology company. As a Software Engineer Back End, you will help design, build, and optimize Distillery—our AI-native platform. Your role involves developing scalable AI infrastructure, ensuring system reliability, and collaborating with engineers and business leaders to solve complex AI deployment challenges. You will build cloud-native microservices using Python, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, and modern DevOps tools, and optimize system performance and reliability.

Proficiency in Backend & Systems Engineering with expertise in Python, Java, Golang, or C++. Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and infrastructure as code. Strong interest in AI-native development using tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Cursor. Experience with security, distributed systems, storage, ML/AI Ops, and large-scale observability is a plus. Ability to travel 10-20%.