Backend Engineer - Platform / Systems

About the Role

We are looking for an engineer with a strong foundation in distributed systems. You’ll work on designing and building scalable, fault-tolerant systems that power ML systems / applications, with opportunities to contribute across infrastructure, data, and ML system integrations.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement components of distributed systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance
• Write well-defined abstractions software implementations, ensuring flexibility and maintainability and code scalability
• Collaborate with product and domain experts to shape clear and expressive domain languages in software design
• Design database schemas and storage strategies for distributed environments
• Deliver clean, tested, and maintainable code in modern programming languages
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical design reviews
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate with large-scale ML systems

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

What We Offer

About Affogato

We are building systems for large-scale media generation—spanning video, audio, and images. Our platform combines automation and AI-driven workflows to help teams turn ideas into production-ready content quickly and consistently. Designed to integrate into existing pipelines, we focus on reliability, scalability, and ease of use for creators, developers, and enterprises alike.