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# Backend Engineer - SDE2 at AI Squared

- **Company:** AI Squared
- **Location:** India
- **Posted:** 2024-11-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/aisquared/jobs/4422754006

## Job description

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking a talented and experienced Backend Engineer (SDE – 2) to join our distributed team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and secure backend systems. As a key contributor, you will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to ensure backend infrastructure delivers an exceptional user experience while maintaining high performance and reliability.

Responsibilities:

- Design, develop, and maintain backend services, focusing on performance, security, and scalability.
- Proactively communicate with team members before starting implementation to align on goals, requirements, and potential challenges.
- Build reusable, maintainable code and ensure backend systems are optimized for performance and efficiency.
- Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to ensure backend systems align with product needs and contribute to a seamless user experience.
- Work with product designers and managers during the design phase to review requirements, ask questions, and clarify any ambiguities, ensuring that the technical implementation supports the overall product vision.
- Take ownership of backend architecture, suggesting improvements to enhance scalability, reliability, and code quality.
- Break down complex technical issues into manageable tasks and milestones, ensuring timely delivery while maintaining high standards.
- Write clean, testable code and participate in code reviews to maintain high-quality standards across the codebase.
- Continuously monitor and improve system performance, addressing any bottlenecks and ensuring scalability.

Requirements:

- 3+ years of experience in backend development using any modern technology stack.
- Strong expertise in backend development, including API design, database management, and cloud infrastructure.
- Proactive in communication, ensuring alignment and clarity across team members before starting projects/features.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly grasp new concepts and apply them effectively.
- Familiarity with testing, CI/CD pipelines, and version control tools.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a distributed team environment.

Preferred:

- Knowledge of Ruby on Rails or similar frameworks.
- Understanding of the [Multiwoven open-source project](https://github.com/Multiwoven/multiwoven), including its architecture and key components.

## About AI Squared

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: AISquared provides a secure, low-code platform to operationalize AI by embedding insights directly into enterprise business applications and workflows.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Napoleon Paxton, Ph.D. (Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist); Jacob Renn, Ph.D. (Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Enterprise AI Infrastructure, Software Development
- Target customers: B2B, Enterprise, Federal/GovCon, Mid-Market, Growth Teams
- Mission or purpose statement: "Shaping the Future of AI" by bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI and real-world impact, ensuring organizations don’t just adopt AI, but thrive with it.

## Products & Services
- **UNIFI**: Enterprise-grade platform for scaling AI beyond pilots. Connects data sources and AI models, orchestrates workflows, secures deployments with defense-grade controls, and embeds AI insights directly into systems like Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Slack.
- **Sparx**: Agentic AI solution for growing businesses, designed for teams that need to operationalize AI without a major infrastructure overhaul.
- **100+ Pre-built Connectors**: Library of connectors across data sources and LLMs, enabling one-click integration to existing data and AI infrastructure.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $19.8M; Annual Revenue of $2.5M (per LinkedIn)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Ansa Capital (led Series A), New Enterprise Associates (NEA) (led Seed Round); Board includes Greg Papadopoulos, Ph.D. (Venture Partner at NEA), Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. (Former President & CEO at TIAA), and Allan Jean-Baptiste (Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Ansa Capital).
- **Growth Signals**: Acquired Multiwoven in May 2024; trusted by leading financial institutions, complex supply chain organizations, and the United States Department of Defense; LinkedIn followers grew 50.2% year-over-year to 8,193; operates in 5 countries.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Zero Trust Security for Enterprise AI**: Role-based access, audit trails, and encrypted data flows ensure AI operates only within defined boundaries, making it suitable for federal and highly regulated environments.
- **The "Last Mile" Solution**: Directly addresses the common failure point of AI deployment by embedding insights into the business applications where work actually happens, without requiring large engineering lifts.
- **Measurable ROI**: Provides leaders with visibility into adoption, performance, and business impact, claiming 5x faster time-to-value.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling AI Adoption**: Moving organizations from stalled pilots to real operational impact.
- **Federal & Enterprise Expansion**: Specifically targeting secure, mission-critical environments with dedicated Federal sales and engineering teams.
- **Platform Ecosystem**: Building out a comprehensive platform (UNIFI + Sparx) that covers the full lifecycle of AI integration, from connection to continuous improvement via user feedback.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, innovation-first, with a focus on "impact over hype." Values include relentless curiosity and security & trust.
- **Hybrid Work Policy**: Flexible model empowering employees to work from home or in offices, with in-person collaboration for key moments of innovation.
- **Offices**: Two vibrant hubs — Mountain View, CA (West Coast HQ for engineering, product, and AI research) and Bangalore, India (cutting-edge AI infrastructure development). Also has a Washington, DC office for federal work.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision), equity & competitive compensation, 401(k) matching, generous unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, wellness reimbursements, and employee assistance programs.
- **Engineering Culture**: Focus on building the infrastructure for agentic enterprise AI with a small, fast-growing team (52 employees). Open roles include Backend Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Data Scientist, and QA Engineer.

## Sources
1. [aisquared.ai](https://aisquared.ai/)
2. [aisquared.ai/careers](https://aisquared.ai/careers/)
3. [aisquared.ai/about](https://aisquared.ai/about/)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/aisquared](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/aisquared)
5. [linkedin.com/company/aisquaredinc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aisquaredinc)

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