# Senior Backend Engineer

Hiring organization: [York Space Systems](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/york-space-systems)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d1ca3c36-4d20-4145-8984-247086814a42

Listed on York Space Systems's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: New York, NY
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 200000 – 250000 USD per year

## Summary

You.com is seeking a backend engineer to build scalable infrastructure for their AI search platform, which already processes millions of queries daily. The role involves designing APIs, maintaining databases at scale, and supporting enterprise customers, and suits someone comfortable owning systems end-to-end across a fast-moving AI product.

_Our summary, not York Space Systems's wording._

## Skills named

CI/CD, Kubernetes, NoSQL, Python, SQL

## Required

- Generalist backend engineer with full lifecycle ownership from design to deployment
- Distributed systems and data modeling experience
- Shipped and operated mission-critical services handling high-volume traffic
- Backend-focused development (Python or similar)
- Kubernetes and CI/CD pipeline experience
- System-level debugging skills

## Nice to have

- Billing or payments systems experience
- B2B SaaS tooling experience
- Enterprise software experience
- LLM or AI model integration and product experience

Apply on York Space Systems's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/youcom/jobs/4528457008