Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Crossing Hurdles is seeking a Backend Platform Engineer for a full-time remote position. The role involves completing complex backend engineering tasks, reviewing model-generated code, and applying engineering judgment to real-world scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Complete and evaluate complex backend engineering tasks using coding agents
• Review model-generated code for correctness, quality, maintainability, and performance
• Identify bugs, edge cases, and failure modes in generated outputs
• Compare outputs from multiple models and assess strengths and weaknesses
• Apply engineering judgment to real-world backend engineering scenarios

Skills

• Strong experience in backend engineering
• Strong experience building APIs, distributed systems, microservices, backend platforms, or databases
• Strong experience using coding agents and developer productivity tools
• Ability to evaluate model-generated code and identify bugs, edge cases, and architectural tradeoffs
• Strong experience working on large-scale production systems

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