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About the Role
As a Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI at Hypha, you will own the architecture and evolution of the AI systems at the core of the platform. This includes designing and scaling document processing pipelines, extraction agents, entity resolution systems, computed attribute frameworks, and conversational interfaces. You will lead the design of multi-step AI workflows that transform unstructured information into structured, actionable insights, while building the backend infrastructure, evaluation systems, and observability layers required to operate these systems reliably in production. This role requires an engineer who can make high-leverage decisions around system design, performance, reliability, and technical tradeoffs. You will collaborate with leadership, product, and engineering peers to shape technical direction, improve engineering standards, and define the architecture and scaling strategy for Hypha’s applied AI stack.
Responsibilities
- Architect and scale AI-powered backend systems for document extraction, entity resolution, retrieval, and structured data generation.
- Design resilient pipelines, queues, orchestration layers, and failure-handling mechanisms for production AI workflows.
- Own data modeling and backend design decisions across PostgreSQL and related storage systems for complex financial and operational data.
- Establish observability, evaluation, and debugging standards for AI systems, including tracing, monitoring, quality analysis, and cost/performance tradeoffs.
- Improve platform reliability and developer velocity through better abstractions, tooling, and engineering patterns.
- Partner with product and frontend teams to design backend capabilities that translate into intuitive product experiences.
- Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, design feedback, and mentorship of other engineers.
Requirements
- 7+ years of backend or full-stack software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent owning backend systems in production.
- Deep experience with Node.js/TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and building reliable server-side systems in production.
- Understanding of concurrency, queuing, data pipeline design, and the tradeoffs involved in scaling backend systems over time.
- Experience building products with LLMs, including agent architectures, RAG systems, extraction pipelines, or tool-use patterns.
- Ability to reason about how components interact at scale, considering failure modes, retries, observability, and cost when designing AI workflows.
- Ability to ship working systems and know when to optimize versus when 'good enough' is sufficient.
- Daily use of AI coding tools and knowledge of how to wield them effectively.
- Experience owning architecture for AI-native or data-intensive backend platforms.
- Experience designing evaluation, observability, and guardrail systems for LLM-based workflows.
- Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Inngest, Temporal, or Step Functions in production environments.
- Experience with OCR, document intelligence, search, or financial/legal data extraction at scale.
- Experience mentoring engineers and improving technical standards across a team.
- Early-stage startup experience, especially in environments requiring fast iteration and high ownership.
Skills
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- LLMs
- Agent architectures
- RAG systems
- Extraction pipelines
- Tool-use patterns
- Concurrency
- Queuing
- Data pipeline design
- System scaling
- Systems thinking
- Observability
- AI coding tools
- OCR
- Document intelligence
- Search
- Financial data extraction
- Legal data extraction
- Inngest
- Temporal
- Step Functions
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior/Staff
- 7+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree minimum
Salary/Compensations
- $225-$350k base salary
Benefits
- Equity
About the Company
- Hypha is an AI-native platform transforming asset management across the full lifecycle—acquisition, management, and exit.
- Focused on healthcare facilities and multifamily real estate, Hypha is revolutionizing the industry through three key pillars: Observability (real-time visibility), Intelligence (AI-driven multidimensional optimization), and Orchestration (seamless workflows and a single source of truth).