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Kernel Intelligence | Senior Backend Systems Engineer | Remote (US)
Kernel is building the data backbone for commercial real estate — converting messy CRE documents into structured, decision-ready data using ML and distributed systems. It’s a $20T+ market still trapped in PDFs and siloed tools, so the impact is immediate and real.
We’re an engineering-first company — our technical breakthroughs set the direction for what we can commercialize. Our team is small, senior, and high-trust. Every engineer owns production systems and directly shapes the platform’s capabilities.
About the Role
You’ll design and own backend systems powering AI-driven pipelines: async FastAPI services, SQLAlchemy 2.x models, event-driven ingestion workflows (Pulsar/Kafka), multi-tenant auth (OIDC/JWT), Kubernetes deployments, and full observability.
Requirements
- Python 3.12+
- FastAPI
- AsyncIO
- SQLAlchemy 2.x
- Pulsar/Kafka
- OIDC/JWT
- Kubernetes
- GitOps/Terraform
- OpenTelemetry
- Prometheus
Compensation
- Salary: $150k–$200k
- Up to 3% equity