Staff Backend Engineer – AI Algorithm Platform

Cloudinary empowers companies to deliver exceptional digital experiences by managing the entire media lifecycle at scale. We are seeking an experienced Staff Backend Engineer to lead the engineering efforts behind our homegrown platform for serving and operating production-grade AI models and AI based algorithms.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with 3+ years working on infrastructure/platforms involving ML/AI, GPU, or data-heavy systems
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with backend languages such as Ruby and/or Go
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals and experience running GPU workloads in production environments
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services
• Experience architecting systems that support both real-time and asynchronous processing pipelines
• Familiarity with the ML lifecycle and MLOps practices, including CI/CD for models, monitoring, and rollback strategies