Staff Backend Engineer

Job Overview

This role involves defining the technical foundation for AI governance in enterprise-scale systems, focusing on backend architecture that ensures auditable AI actions, policy enforcement, and clear visibility into AI agent activities. It bridges AI systems, compliance, auditability, and platform integrations to help organizations manage AI usage securely.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive backend architecture for AI governance systems, including auditability, policy enforcement, and enterprise reporting.
• Design the AI audit event system, covering event schema, pipelines, storage, retention, and export features.
• Build and guide integrations between the AI agent platform and governance capabilities to observe and control agent actions.
• Guide technical design for tool and registry governance, including metadata models, permissions, and controls.
• Define backend foundations for a declarative policy framework to govern agents and tools under specific conditions.
• Drive architectural consistency by reviewing merge requests and contributing to technical RFCs.
• Strengthen team effectiveness and technical practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in backend architecture, particularly for systems involving AI, compliance, and auditability.
• Strong skills in designing scalable systems for event handling, policy enforcement, and integrations.
• Ability to write and review design proposals, influence cross-team efforts, and ensure consistent implementation.
• Partnership with engineering teams on AI and platform features.