New York City, USA or San Francisco, USA Remote (City)

Ramp is hiring a Backend Engineer | AI DevX | Senior & Staff

About the Role

We are seeking experienced backend engineers to develop robust infrastructure for AI-integrated development platforms. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance services that support intelligent coding assistants, automation pipelines, and developer-facing APIs.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain scalable server-side applications
  • Design APIs that support AI-powered development tools
  • Optimize system performance and reliability
  • Collaborate with machine learning teams to integrate models into production services
  • Write clean, testable, and well-documented code
  • Troubleshoot and debug production issues
  • Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
  • Ensure data consistency and integrity across distributed systems
  • Implement security best practices in backend services
  • Contribute to architectural decisions for new features
  • Work with infrastructure teams to deploy and monitor services
  • Support the evolution of internal developer platforms
  • Improve observability and logging across services
  • Help define standards for backend development
  • Drive automation for repetitive engineering tasks
  • Scale systems to handle increasing user demand
  • Evaluate new technologies for backend improvements
  • Maintain documentation for APIs and services
  • Collaborate on incident response and post-mortems
  • Ensure compliance with data privacy requirements
  • Optimize database queries and storage solutions
  • Build tools that enhance developer velocity
  • Integrate third-party services securely
  • Support CI/CD pipelines for backend services
  • Contribute to long-term technical roadmaps

Nice to Have

  • Experience building AI or ML-powered applications
  • Contributions to open-source projects
  • Familiarity with LLM integration patterns
  • Experience with developer experience (DevEx) platforms
  • Knowledge of GraphQL
  • Background in infrastructure as code
  • Experience with service mesh technologies
  • Understanding of data pipelines for training AI models
  • Prior work on internal tooling for engineering teams
  • Exposure to real-time collaboration systems

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid or remote options available

Team

Collaborative engineering team focused on AI-driven developer experiences

About the Team

This team focuses on creating intelligent tools that reduce friction in software development workflows. Engineers here work on backend systems that power code suggestions, automated reviews, and context-aware assistance.

What We Value

Technical excellence, clear communication, ownership, and a drive to improve developer productivity. We prioritize sustainable engineering practices and long-term system health.

Available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
PythonBashUNIXAI/MLDistributed SystemsCloud InfrastructureAPI DesignDatabasesPerformance OptimizationSecurityCI/CDMonitoring
About company
Ramp
Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. They automate how over $100B in annualized spend flows in and out of 50,000+ companies by authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books.
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Job Details
Category backend
Posted 7 months ago