{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"60494f0f1cfb9ae989fbd6ef","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/60494f0f1cfb9ae989fbd6ef","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/60494f0f1cfb9ae989fbd6ef","title":"Software Engineer - Backend/Distributed Systems","description":"About the Role\r\nWe're hiring a Distributed Systems / Backend Engineer to serve as a key contributor on the core backend platform powering Emerald AI. This is a high-impact role: you will drive architectural decisions, introduce best practices, build foundational infrastructure, and help guide the evolution of our real-time energy intelligence engine.\r\nYou'll work across ingestion, compute, storage, and system orchestration—designing components that must be highly reliable, resilient, and capable of operating at scale. As one of the early engineering hires, you'll have a major influence on our stack, roadmap, and long-term technical direction.\r\nWe hire across levels, from early-career to staff+, with expectations and scope aligned to your ability to drive outcomes.\r\nKey Responsibilities\r\nDesigning and scaling systems that interact with real-world energy infrastructure\r\nBuilding high-performance services and APIs that power core product workflows\r\nTackling hard problems in reliability, data modeling, and system design\r\nShipping end-to-end features—from idea to production\r\nImproving system observability, performance, and fault tolerance\r\nPartnering closely with product to turn ambiguous problems into shipped solutions\r\nFor senior candidates, you'll have immediate opportunities to:\r\nDrive architecture and technical direction\r\nLead ambiguous, high-impact initiatives\r\nMentor and elevate other engineers\r\nWho Thrives Here\r\nEngineers who want to build, not just maintain\r\nPeople who take ownership without waiting for permission\r\nThose who enjoy figuring things out when the path isn't obvious\r\nEngineers who care about both technical excellence and real-world impact\r\nPeople who prefer high trust, high accountability environments\r\nPreferred requirements\r\nExperience with distributed systems or data-intensive applications\r\nExperience building and operating backend or infrastructure systems with a focus on reliability, performance, and scalability\r\nInterest in grid systems, energy orchestration, and applying AI to real-world infrastructure\r\nExperience working on real-time or near real-time systems\r\nComfort operating in ambiguous environments and turning open-ended problems into production systems\r\nStrong system design skills, including tradeoffs across latency, consistency, and scalability\r\nAbility to work across the stack when needed to unblock progress\r\nWhat We Offer\r\nMake an impact. Solve the AI power bottleneck and shape how data centers scale sustainably.\r\nJoin a world-class team of AI, cloud, software, and energy experts in a collaborative, low-ego environment.\r\nBuild from 0?1. Influence strategy, GTM, org design, and customer/investor engagement from day one.\r\nCompetitive pay + equity. Stock options let you share in the value you help create.\r\nComprehensive benefits , including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) matching.\r\nFlexible location. Work from D.C., Boston, or the Bay Area, with 1 WFH day/week.\r\nBacked by top investors , including Radical Ventures and NVIDIA.\r\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation.\r\nEmerald AI strives to respect the dignity and independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same opportunity to succeed as all other employees.\r\nInclusiveness is core to our culture at Emerald AI, and we strive to ensure you get the most from your interview experience. Emerald AI makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. 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