Backend Engineer
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Backend Engineer responsible for designing, building, and scaling the AI-driven research platform, focusing on high-throughput LLM interactions, vector search, and orchestration across distributed systems.
About this role
馃懚 About Junior
We鈥檙e building cutting-edge LLM-powered workflow tools to supercharge investment research for private market investors. Our clients include most of the global top 10 private equity and consulting firms - Junior already powers hundreds of billions of dollars invested annually. We鈥檙e a profitable, bootstrapped company with a growing team of 30+ based in London, NYC and Sydney. We 10x鈥檇 our revenue in 2025.
You can read more about the company mission & values here.
馃挕 Role Description
As a Backend Engineer, you鈥檒l help build and scale the systems that power our AI-driven research platform. This is a systems-level role - ideal for engineers who love thinking about data flows, orchestration, and performance across complex distributed systems.
You'll have the unique opportunity to:
Ship quickly
Architect and scale backend systems that support high-throughput LLM interactions, vector search, and multi-agent orchestration.
Stitch together AI infrastructure across model providers, data stores, and internal APIs to create cohesive, performant systems.
Own reliability and observability, helping us evolve our database (Postgres / ClickHouse) and job orchestration systems.
Prototype new backend capabilities (retrieval pipelines, caching layers, async task queues) that let us build faster and smarter.
Shape our engineering culture
馃敟 About You
We're looking for product-minded backend engineers who:
Based in NYC, ***we are 5 days a week in person
Are excited by the intersection of AI infrastructure and systems design
Have experience leading projects end-to-end
Are eager to contribute to product decisions
Are proficient in our tech stack: Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL
Feel like you are never building fast enough
Bonus points for experience working on:
Retrieval/embeddings/prompt orchestration
Built internal infrastructure / dev tools @ startups
馃尩 Benefits
All the usual benefits (competitive pay and equity, private healthcare etc). Unusual benefits:
Gym membership
In-office cook
Summers working in Greece by the beach
馃摡 How to Apply
If you're excited about the opportunity to drive innovation at Junior, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at careers@myjunior.ai with your resume and a brief introduction. We can't wait to meet you! 馃檶
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