Senior Backend Developer (Token Factory) at Jobgether – Italy, Texas

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Backend Developer (Token Factory) in Italy.

This role sits at the core of a next-generation AI infrastructure platform focused on enabling scalable, production-grade AI deployments for global customers. You will contribute to building and evolving highly distributed backend systems that power AI inference at scale, with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and extensibility. Working in a fast-growing, highly technical environment, you will collaborate with engineers across infrastructure, product, and AI domains. The position combines backend engineering, cloud-native architecture, and system optimization in a rapidly evolving product landscape. You will help shape how enterprises integrate and operate AI systems in real-world applications. This is a high-impact role for engineers passionate about distributed systems and cutting-edge AI infrastructure.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services powering AI infrastructure and inference systems
• Develop and optimize distributed systems with a focus on performance, reliability, and low-latency execution
• Contribute to the evolution of platform architecture, ensuring scalability for growing workloads and enterprise use cases
• Collaborate with infrastructure, observability, billing, and AI research teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Improve system stability, uptime, and operational excellence across production environments
• Participate in the development of APIs and web services supporting platform functionality and external integrations
• Apply CI/CD practices, automated testing, and rigorous engineering standards to ensure code quality
• Continuously enhance system capabilities, including performance tuning and infrastructure optimizations

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend or distributed systems development
• Strong proficiency in backend programming languages, ideally Python and/or Go
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, and automated testing practices
• Experience designing and developing scalable web services and backend architectures
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and high-load system design principles
• Ability to work with a high level of rigor, ownership, and attention to detail
• Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working in fast-evolving technical environments
• Nice to have: experience with large language models or NLP-based systems
• Nice to have: background in high-growth startups or product-driven engineering teams
• Nice to have: contributions to open-source projects or large-scale system development

• Competitive salary with comprehensive benefits package
• Flexible working arrangements in a remote-friendly environment
• Strong opportunities for professional growth in a cutting-edge AI infrastructure company
• Exposure to advanced distributed systems and large-scale AI workloads
• Collaborative, engineering-driven culture with high technical standards
• Opportunity to work on impactful AI platform technology used by global customers
• Dynamic environment encouraging innovation, ownership, and continuous learning