Senior Platform Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE Join the platform engineering team at a B2B AI software company and build the foundations that help AI products perform reliably in production. Your work will support real-time data flows, streaming responses, and LLM requests while balancing reliability, performance, and cost. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Integrate AI products that process data from external sources and multiple systems in real time. - Route streaming responses and LLM requests across providers, with fallback and cost logic. - Monitor latency, costs, and error rates, then act proactively to prevent system degradation. - Use sound architectural judgment to improve system quality while keeping designs simple and maintainable. - Build instrumentation and observability that surface missing signals and help diagnose complex production issues. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 3 years of backend engineering experience, including ownership of production platform foundations. - Strong TypeScript skills and practical knowledge of PostgreSQL, APIs, queues, and caching. - Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes. - System design skills and the ability to reason about performance, latency, and cost trade-offs. - Experience with multi-system real-time context, streaming responses, and LLM routing across providers. - A track record of improving reliability and performance under production load. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Annual salary range: $60,000 to $90,000 USD. LOCATION On-site in Munich, Germany.