Upsurge Labs works across robotics, biotech, AI, and creative tech, with products running on precision-engineered software. We're looking for a Senior Backend / DevOps Engineer to design scalable, resilient systems that power our technology.

Responsibilities :

- Be disciplined, detail-oriented, and comfortable with complex systems.

- Manage chaos effectively and debug issues at any hour when needed.

- Care about clean code, system reliability, and real-world impact.

- Enjoy building infrastructure where scalability and performance are priorities.

- Be comfortable working at the intersection of AI, automation, and distributed systems.

- Understand that this is a fast-paced, challenging environment, but rewarding for those who push boundaries.

Requirements :

- Deep expertise in backend architecture using Python (FastAPI, Django), Node.js (NestJS, Express), or GoLang.

- Strong experience with cloud infrastructure - AWS, GCP, Azure, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

- Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible).

- Mastery in CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and deployment automation (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Flux).

- Experience building high-performance distributed systems, APIs, and microservices architectures.

- Understanding of event-driven systems, message queues, and streaming platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis Streams).

- Familiarity with database design and scaling - PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, TimescaleDB.

- Deep understanding of system observability, tracing, and performance tuning (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).

- Familiarity with AI integration stacks - deploying and scaling LLMs, vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus), and inference APIs (vLLM, Ollama, TensorRT).

- Awareness of DevSecOps practices, zero-trust architecture, and cloud cost optimisation.

- Bonus : Hands-on with Rust, WebAssembly, or edge computing platforms (Fly.io, Cloudflare Workers, AWS Greengrass).