Senior Backend Engineer

Ship & run backend systems that turn messy signals into truth

Boam AI builds managed data solutions that transform messy, unstructured signals from public, private, and proprietary sources into structured, reliable, and always up-to-date intelligence on millions of SMBs and enterprises worldwide. These agentic systems power CRMs, data warehouses, AI products, and mission-critical decisions across the enterprise.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will own core parts of our Scala + Python data and agent infrastructure. You will design, build, and scale existing and greenfield systems that keep our data fresh, our APIs fast, and our customers’ workflows moving. This is a role for someone who wants real ownership over hard technical problems, with minimal safety nets and a small, senior team.

What You’ll Do

Design and build resilient backend services and APIs

Own critical data pipelines from ingestion to enrichment to delivery

Prepare our systems for 100x data growth over the next three years

Build reliability and test coverage into the code itself – no separate QA layer

Improve performance, scalability, and observability across our stack

Work closely with data/ML to productize AI-powered agents end to end

Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, pairing, and mentorship

Optimize for real impact, customer outcomes, and fast iteration over theoretical perfection

Use next-gen AI tools to improve code quality and velocity

You Might Be a Fit If...

5+ years building and operating production backend systems

Strong experience with Scala, Python or functional / JVM languages

Comfortable with distributed systems, data modeling, and high-volume pipelines

Enjoy greenfield work: from first principles design to deploy and monitoring

Thrive without heavy process, QA buffers, or endless safeguards

Bias to ship, measure, and refine rather than over-architect

Motivated by solving real user problems, not just abstract puzzles

Excited to work where AI/ML is deeply embedded in the product, not bolted on

Why Boam AI

Join a no-politics, high-trust, low-ego, and high-talent team

Own mission-critical systems used by top-tier enterprise customers

Work directly with founders & Head of Engineering on problems that matter

High autonomy, real impact, and clear ownership from day one

Operate at the intersection of AI, data infrastructure, and enterprise workflows

Top-tier compensation with meaningful equity upside

Help build the platform, patterns, and engineering culture you can be proud of

Our Hiring Process

Our process is fast, structured, and transparent — built to respect your time and surface real mutual fit

1. Intro Call

A short conversation to learn more about you, share context on Boam AI and the role, and answer initial questions

2. Deep Dive

Walk us through past engineering work and how you think about complex, ambiguous backend problems

3. Work Sample

Solve a real Boam-style technical challenge that shows your coding style, system thinking, and execution muscle

4. Founder Conversation

Candid discussion with our founder on ambition, values, ownership, and how you’d grow with us as we scale the platform