Sr. Back End Developer (AI-native)

Job Title/Function:  Sr. Back End Developer (AI-native)

Duration: 6 month contract-to-hire

Address: 26 S. Rio Grande St. #2072  Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Main responsibilities:

• Day in the Life:  Can plan for a feature, develop prototype fast with AI and then, after presenting to testers and getting feedback, realize it is missing context or needs new details and jump back into it with a very agile mindset.
• Supporting any current/upcoming projects: Experienced enough with AI to ask questions like, “Will we charge client for token?” and is security-minded developer so they can respond to clients quickly
• Training/ramp up: They will get soon after starting a $200 Claude Max subscription setup for them to use

Requirements:

• MUST HAVE –
  • Close to 1 year AI-native engineering — Someone who extends AI capabilities, not just consumes them. Plenty of developers "use AI tools," but very few have actually built MCP servers or designed agent tooling.
    • Experience w/ modern LLM’s like Claude Code, GPT-4, etc.
      • Building and hosting MCP servers
      • Designing custom tools and skills for AI agents
      • Orchestrating multi-agent workflows
      • Designed agent tooling
  • 5+ years Backend architecture with API design
    • Able to design and build microservices, RESTful APIs, and database schemas.
    • The specific stack (Python/FastAPI/PostgreSQL) is learnable; the architectural thinking is not.
  • CI/CD pipeline building experience. They use GitHub Actions – there is no more DevOps team
  • Self-directed problem solver – ability to pick up unfamiliar codebases, tools, and frameworks quickly without hand-holding. In an AI-first team, the bottleneck is never "do you know library X" — it''s "can you figure out the right approach and execute."
• Soft skills:
  • OK with a speed first mentality ahead of quality if not fundamentally against best practices – sustainable but can be fixed if needed.
  • Senior who can deploy something on their own and drive it forward without waiting for everyone else
  • No ego, no stupid questions mentality
  • Tight-knit collaboration mindset
  • Holds themselves accountable for being available during business hours

• NICE TO HAVE
  • Modern JavaScript frameworks experience for Front End development
  • Python
  • Google Cloud Platform cloud experience