Sr Backend Engineer
About Maisa
Maisa AI enables enterprises to confidently delegate mission-critical tasks to Digital Workers and AI Agents. Our unique computational approach combines AI intelligence with proven Chain-of-Work execution, while continuously capturing and transforming enterprise know-how into reusable knowledge. This allows enterprises to deploy AI agents that grow smarter through feedback and real-world usage, maintaining full traceability and accountability. As the evolution of RPA, our platform sets new standards for reliable and accountable enterprise agentic process automation leveraging AI.
The Role
We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our core engineering team and play a pivotal role in building and scaling our AI-driven Knowledge Processing Unit (KPU). You'll work on cutting-edge distributed systems that power enterprise AI applications, contributing to a platform that enables reliable AI agents with deterministic outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Core Development:
- Develop and maintain scalable APIs and backend services using Go (primary) or Python
- Build and optimize event-driven architectures handling real-time data processing
- Work with Apache Kafka as our communication backbone between microservices
- Design and optimize database queries across MySQL or Postgres
- Ensure scalability, performance, and security of backend services in containerized environments
Microservices Architecture:
- Contribute to our Docker containerized and Kubernetes orchestrated microservices ecosystem
- Implement GRPC, HTTP, and WebSocket communication protocols
- Build resilient systems with proper error handling and monitoring
AI Platform Integration:
- Collaborate with AI teams to integrate LLM capabilities and AI reasoning engines
DevOps & Performance:
- Work with CI/CD pipelines and Git version control
- Implement monitoring and logging using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Sentry
- Optimize performance for high-concurrency environments
- Ensure proper resource management and auto-scaling
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of backend development experience
- Strong experience with Go (preferred) or Python (and willingness to learn Go)
- Experience with event-driven architectures and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, EventBridge)
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and GraphQL
- Experience with MySQL or Postgres databases and data consistency patterns
- Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration
- Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
- Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and Git
Desired Qualities
- Experience with AWS services (EventBridge, S3, DocumentDB)
- Knowledge of Python for AI/ML integrations
- Experience with GRPC and WebSocket protocols
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry)
- Understanding of AI/ML concepts and enterprise software patterns
- Experience with Redis for caching and temporary storage
What We Offer
- Opportunity to shape the future of accountable enterprise AI agents
- Competitive compensation package
- Flat organization focused on impact rather than hierarchy
- Work with cutting-edge computational AI technology
- Dynamic, experienced team of technical experts
- Continuous learning in the rapidly evolving field of Agentic AI
- Department
- Engineering
- Locations
- Valencia Hybrid
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About Maisa
Maisa AI is an innovative Agentic Process Automation (APA) Platform that enables enterprises to create and deploy bulletproof AI Agents ("Digital Workers") for automating knowledge-intensive processes. Our flagship product, Maisa Studio, streamlines the creation, deployment, and continuous improvement of AI Agents while maintaining full auditability and explainability through our unique "Chain of Work" approach.
We're building the future of enterprise automation with a platform that combines deterministic, code-based steps with AI reasoning, providing unprecedented transparency and reliability for mission-critical business processes.
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