Senior Backend Engineer (Python API, Blueflame AI)

Join Blueflame AI, a fast-paced startup focused on revolutionizing the AI industry. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a critical role in producing high-quality software solutions to support our platform. You will collaborate closely with our Client Success and Product teams, contribute to system design and architectural decisions, and optimize platform performance. This position offers a hybrid work environment, extensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

• Design and implement server-side logic and functionality for the Blueflame AI platform, ensuring efficient data processing and management.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs to enable communication between server and client-side applications, as well as with third-party services.
• Contribute to system design and architectural decisions — evaluate tradeoffs and communicate technical direction.
• Able to work onsite in NYC three days per week
• MongoDB and Redis
• Experience with distributed systems
• Currently based in (or willing to relocate to) the NYC metro area
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Expert-level Python
• Strong system design and architecture experience
• Extensive experience building production REST API's
• Experience with LLMs or applied AI
• End-to-end SDLC ownership
• Experience leading a team or coordinating across multiple stakeholders