Job Specifications
We are hiring: Senior Backend Engineer
MeeruAI | Pleasanton, California
Full-Time | Hybrid (3 days onsite per week)
About MeeruAI
MeeruAI is an AI-first enterprise SaaS company building intelligent platforms that help organizations automate workflows, unify data, and deliver real-time insights with enterprise-grade reliability and security.
MeeruAI combines startup speed with proven enterprise execution, enabling us to build scalable, production-ready AI systems for modern businesses.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale enterprise-grade B2B SaaS platforms. This is a senior individual contributor role for an engineer who owns backend architecture end to end and enjoys working on complex, distributed systems that power high-scale products.
You will lead development across APIs, microservices, and data pipelines, partner closely with product, frontend, analytics, and security teams, and apply AI-assisted engineering workflows to accelerate delivery while maintaining high quality, performance, and reliability.
What You will Do
Architect, build, and scale backend services and APIs
Design and operate distributed, cloud-native systems for enterprise SaaS platforms
Lead complex refactors, code reviews, and backend architecture decisions
Build services supporting LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and AI agent workflows
Develop data pipelines and backend integrations across SQL and NoSQL systems
Leverage AI-assisted tools for development and testing
Prototype ideas through spike-first experimentation before full implementation
Define SLIs/SLOs, improve observability, and ensure system reliability and performance
Produce high-quality technical documentation and design specifications
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Frontend, Analytics, and Security teams
Required Qualifications
10+ years of software engineering experience, primarily focused on backend systems
Hands-on Python development building scalable, production-grade services
Strong experience with Python frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django)
Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and data modeling
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and data pipelines
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Familiarity with microservices, containerization, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability tools
Proven ability to deliver complex backend systems in fast-paced or high-growth environments
Experience using AI-assisted developer tools in daily engineering workflows
Work Location
Hybrid – Pleasanton, CA
This role requires on-site presence at least three (3) days per week in our Pleasanton office.
Please apply only if you are currently local to the Pleasanton area.
Relocation assistance is not available for this role.
About the Company
MeeruAI is an AI Operating System for the CFO’s Office. It plugs into multi-ERP environments, data sources, and BI tools to automate journals and reconciliations, explain variances, and orchestrate finance workflows end to end. Agentic, auditable, and action-first, MeeruAI helps finance teams move from after-the-fact reporting to always-on decisioning.
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