Backend / Platform Engineer

Backend / Platform Engineer This is a remote, client-facing consultant role with Inviso. In this position, you will support an external software development organization as part of Inviso’s delivery team, working closely with client product, engineering, data, and platform stakeholders. The Inviso Backend / Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and operating the core services that power an enterprise AI platform. This role contributes to the AI gateway, orchestration layer, entitlements, tenancy model, data access patterns, integration frameworks, APIs, and platform services that product teams and customers depend on. The Engineer owns services end to end, from design and implementation through testing, deployment, reliability, and support. The ideal candidate is a strong backend engineer who understands distributed systems, failure modes, clean boundaries, platform APIs, and pragmatic trade-offs. This is a 100% remote role, but may require some travel due to client needs. Experience & Skills Required Experience building and operating production backend, API, or distributed platform services. Strong software engineering skills with experience designing reliable, testable, and maintainable services. Experience with AI gateway, orchestration, entitlements, tenancy, metering, quotas, or similar platform capabilities. Ability to design APIs and developer experiences for internal and external consumers. Experience with multi-tenant systems, tenant isolation, service boundaries, and platform-level enforcement patterns. Experience building integration frameworks, connector patterns, governed data access, or reliable data on-ramps. Strong understanding of retries, partial failure, consistency, idempotency, back-pressure, and operational failure modes. Experience owning services through design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and support. Strong communication and collaboration skills for client-facing consulting environments. Pragmatic mindset with the ability to ship meaningful value quickly while maintaining engineering quality. Desired Qualifications Experience with C#, Python, Go, or similar backend languages. Experience with API gateways, orchestration systems, connector frameworks, event-driven systems, or platform engineering. Experience with AI, LLM, RAG, agentic workflows, tool/function calling, MCP, A2A, or AI development lifecycle practices. Experience with event-sourced metering, quotas, entitlements, or billing-related platform services. Experience building enterprise-scale software used by multiple products, customers, or internal teams. Experience using AI-assisted development tools while maintaining strong review, testing, and architecture discipline. Benefits At Inviso, we believe great talent should be rewarded with competitive pay, meaningful benefits, and room to grow. The base pay for this role ranges from $135,000 to $180,000 annually, reflecting the cost of labor across multiple US geographic markets. Actual compensation will be determined by factors such as location, job-related skills, experience, education or training, and the needs of Inviso’s different lines of business. Beyond base pay, we offer a strong benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, annual training reimbursement, paid time off, paid holidays, and additional perks designed to support your well-being and long-term success. Why Inviso? Our?Culture & Values?are who we are. Our commitment to excellence is interwoven with the way we care about our people. Our low attrition rate, high average employee tenure, and the number of people that have been with Inviso for 10, 15, even 20 years, speaks volumes to who we are as a company. We are a meritocracy through and through. Those who excel, grow. There is no ceiling, we don’t tolerate politics. Inviso has maintained a deep, well-established relationship with Microsoft for over 20 years. We are a top-rated supplier and are proud to be a Managed Partner with many credentials.