Senior Backend Engineer

Who We Are

Zipher is a well-funded, early-stage startup on a mission to reinvent how big data teams

interact with the cloud. Backed by top-tier investors and already powering global enterprise

customers in production, we’re building a cutting-edge platform that uses machine learning to

autonomously optimize cloud environments for data-intensive workloads.

We’re now looking for experienced Core Backend Engineers to join our growing engineering

group. We offer a meaningful, high-impact position with incredible growth opportunities and

diverse technological challenges in a fast paced startup environment.

If you love solving deep technical challenges, taking end-to-end ownership and building elegant

solutions that matter - you’ll fit right in.

What You’ll Do

• Own and build core backend systems that power Zipher’s cloud optimization platform

• Design and develop scalable, reliable services that integrate with complex cloud infrastructures and run at global scale

• Deliver optimization and automation features with clear, measurable impact on customer cost, performance, and reliability

• Lead technically, shaping architecture, mentoring engineers, and helping define Zipher’s engineering culture

Requirements

• At least 6 years of software development experience

• At least 2 years experience working with AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDb, Kinesis, S3, ECR, EMR, API Gateway) - Must

• Python product development experience - Advantage

• Familiarity with Big data platforms (Spark, Databricks, EMR, Snowflake, Trino, Flink,

• etc.) - Advantage

• Experience with cloud data pipelines, deploying machine Learning models in production

• and MLE / AIOps best practices - Advantage