Senior Backend Engineer

AtRe:Build our mission is to ensure the next generation of important products are made at scale in America. We are laying the foundation for a better future for our customers employees and communities by revitalizing Americas manufacturing base and creating meaningful jobs across the country including in historically deindustrialized regions.

We operate an advanced end-to-end manufacturing platform that partners with industrial companies and innovators to take products from first concept to full-scale production in critical verticals including aerospace and defense electrification medical energy and environment and robotics and automation.

The way we operate is as important as the work we do. Its guided by TheRe:BuildWay 16 principles that shape how we collaborate with each other partner with our customers and vendors and contribute to the communities where we operate.(link toThe Re:Build Way principles)

If youve worked alongside hardware teams you know the damage that results from a missed change request or critical context that was never relayed to the right person. Reflow exists to close that gap. Were building the first AI-powered platform purpose-built for hardware product development one that listens across the tools teams already use maintains a structured picture of every program and proactively coordinates across disciplines when things inevitably change.

This is a ground-floor opportunity for a hands-on backend engineer to build the core services and AI infrastructure powering this platform with the support of a parent company leading innovation in engineering and manufacturing.

Were seeking a backend engineer who ships reliable well-designed systems and takes ownership of the services they build. The ideal candidate has production experience with Python FastAPI and PostgreSQL and is comfortable building everything from REST APIs to background task pipelines to AI agent infrastructure. You should already be using AI coding tools like Cursor Copilot or Claude to accelerate your work with excitement about building the backend that powers the first AI-native platform for complex hardware development.

This senior engineer will work alongside our engineering team AI researchers and head of product to build the services that turn unstructured inputs (call transcripts emails documents datasheets) into structured engineering artifacts (requirements project plans dependencies) orchestrate ambient AI agents for proactive coordination and serve real-time project intelligence to users. The role is hands-on - you will be coding daily while contributing to system design decisions and helping establish backend engineering best practices as we grow.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Designing and implementing RESTful APIs with OpenAPI specs and auto-generated client SDKs using SQLAlchemy and Postgres
• Developing ingestion pipelines using Celery and Redis that connect to tools teams already use (file storage messaging email) and extract structured engineering artifacts from unstructured inputs
• Building and extending agentic AI workflows using LangChain LangGraph and related frameworks for structured data extraction risk detection dependency analysis and proactive team coordination
• Integrating LLM APIs (Anthropic Claude OpenRouter) with streaming (SSE) error handling and cost optimization
• Deploying and operating services on GCP (Cloud Run Cloud SQL Memorystore) with Terraform
• Writing well-tested maintainable code and participating in code reviews to establish engineering best practices

• 5 years building production backend systems with 3 years in Python
• Demonstrated proficiency using AI coding tools (Cursor Copilot Claude etc.) to accelerate development
• Strong experience with FastAPI or similar async Python web frameworks
• Production experience with PostgreSQL including schema design migrations and query optimization
• Hands-on experience with task queues and background processing (Celery Redis or similar)
• Understanding of API design authentication patterns (OIDC/JWT) and service architecture
• Experience with containerized deployments (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to balance rapid iteration with maintainable well-tested code

• Have worked in early-stage 0 to 1 startup environments
• Production experience integrating LLM APIs (Anthropic OpenAI etc.) and building AI-powered features with agent orchestration frameworks (LangChain LangGraph or similar)
• Hands-on experience with GCP services (Cloud Run Cloud SQL Pub/Sub Secret Manager) and Infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform
• Experience with data ingestion pipelines and ETL workflows
• Background in B2B SaaS platforms project management tools or workflow automation products
• Understanding of hardware development engineering workflows or project management concepts (phases gates dependencies)

Real Impact: The opportunity to build purpose-built tooling for an entire industry that has never had it

Customer Access: Direct exposure to hundreds of real hardware projects annually through Re:Builds engineering and manufacturing companies

Technical Growth: Hands-on work with cutting-edge AI technologies solving novel technical challenges

Autonomy: Backed by Re:Build while operating with startup independence

Benefits: Full health/dental/vision bonus program generous 401K paid time off annual learning stipend

Equity & Growth: Participation in Re:Builds LTIP equity program and opportunity for founder equity in potential spin-out

Location: Remote-first with preference for candidates in Boston Seattle Los Angeles or other cities with Re:Build offices

Compensation: The base salary range for this position is $165000 $200000 per year. This range represents the Companys good faith estimate of the base compensation for this role at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors including but not limited to relevant experience skills qualifications internal equity and geographic addition to base salary this role may be eligible for annual incentive compensation and/or long-term incentives subject to Company plans. The Company offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision retirement paid time off and other benefits. Potential equity stake under independent spinout scenario.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

The BIG payoff

We are a company who is going to make a difference in the industries and the communities in which we choose to operate. Every employee of Re:Build will share ownership in the company and will share in the financial rewards of the success we achieve together at all levels of the company!

We want to work with people that reflect the communities in which we operate

Re:Build Manufacturing is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age veteran status marital status parental status cultural background organizational level work styles tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason.

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