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Backend Engineer, Observability & Evals Platform (LangSmith) at Langchain
LangchainSan Francisco, CA·6h ago
Mid LevelFull-timePythonRustAWSGCPAzureRedisGoAIAPI
Salary Range
$102,000 - $138,000 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join our LangSmith team at LangChain. This role involves designing and building backend systems that power LangChain’s observability and evaluation platform, enabling developers to monitor and evaluate their AI applications at scale.
Key Responsibilities
- →Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs to support LangSmith’s tracing, monitoring, and evaluation workflows.
- →Collaborate on architectural decisions to ensure systems are performant and maintainable.
- →Optimize storage and query performance for high-volume observability and evaluation data.
- →Ensure system reliability through strong testing, monitoring, and alerting practices.
- →Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, performing root-cause analysis and implementing long-term fixes.
- →Create and maintain technical documentation, including system design and API references.
- →Work closely with full-stack engineers, product managers, and product designers on rolling out new features.
Requirements
- ✓2+ years of professional experience in backend engineering
- ✓Proficiency in backend languages/frameworks, ideally Python or Go
- ✓Strong understanding of API design and building reliable data services
- ✓Experience with high-throughput or mission-critical systems
- ✓Demonstrated ability to optimize backend services for performance and reliability
- ✓Experience with database systems (Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- ✓Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally
- ✓Customer centricity and ownership mentality
Benefits
Competitive compensation that includes base salary, meaningful equity, and benefits such as health and dental coverage, flexible vacation, a 401(k) plan, and life insurance
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