Backend Software Engineer

Backend Software Engineer

Based in Palo Alto, California, Turing is one of the world's fastest-growing AI companies accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems. Turing helps customers in two ways: working with the world's leading AI labs to advance frontier model capabilities in thinking, reasoning, coding, agentic behavior, multimodality, multilingualism, STEM and frontier knowledge; and leveraging that expertise to build real-world AI systems that solve mission-critical priorities for Fortune 500 companies and government institutions.

Team: R&D – Agentic Systems & Tooling

About the Role

We are seeking experienced backend engineers to join our technical staff. As part of the R&D team, you'll work across multiple high-impact projects that advance the frontier of AI training, evaluation, and enterprise applications. This is a chance to join a fast-moving team building production-grade systems that combine cutting-edge AI with real-world usability.

What You'll Work On

• Developing agents that generate synthetic data or review human-generated data.
• Building real-world reinforcement learning environments for model training and evaluation.
• Delivering end-to-end agentic solutions for enterprise customers.
• Developing internal tooling that enables humans and AI agents to collaborate at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend systems and services.
• Develop infrastructure to support agentic workflows, data pipelines, and evaluation at scale.
• Rapidly prototype, test, and ship backend features in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Own projects from design through deployment with a strong focus on reliability and performance.

What We're Looking For

• Experience: 4+ years as a backend engineer, with 2+ at a prominent AI product startup or equivalent environment.
• Backend Engineering: Proficiency in building scalable APIs, data processing systems, and backend infrastructure.
• Portfolio: Demonstrated ability to ship reliable production systems. Must be able to showcase previous work (e.g., GitHub, case studies, or code samples).

Bonus Points

• Experience with agentic systems, RL environments, or AI/ML infrastructure.
• Contributions to open-source projects or personal AI/ML tooling.
• Strong product sense and ability to translate abstract ideas into backend architecture.

Salary Range

170k–215k

Values:

• We are client first: We put our clients at the center of everything we do, because their success is the ultimate measure of our value.
• We work at Start-Up Speed: We move fast, stay agile and favor action because momentum is the foundation of perfection.
• We are AI forward: We help our clients build the future of AI and implement it in our own roles and workflow to amplify productivity.

Advantages of joining Turing:

• Amazing work culture (super collaborative & supportive work environment; 5 days a week)
• Awesome colleagues (surround yourself with top talent from Meta, Google, LinkedIn etc. as well as people with deep startup experience)
• Competitive compensation
• Flexible working hours

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Turing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. At Turing we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace and celebrate authenticity, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

For applicants from the European Union, please review Turing's GDPR notice here.