Senior Backend Engineer - Build AI Agents at Salesforge

Job description

Most sales tools help you send emails. We’re building something different. At Salesforge, we’re creating autonomous AI agents that can: Find the right prospects Generate highly personalized outreach Run conversations And book meetings All without human involvement. Why this is interesting A lot of AI products stop at “generate text.” We’re focused on outcomes. That means solving problems like: How do you generate messages that actually get replies? How do you evaluate and improve agent performance over time? How do you orchestrate millions of AI-driven interactions reliably? How do you combine structured data + LLMs in a way that scales? If you enjoy working at the intersection of systems + AI + real-world feedback loops, this will feel like a playground. What you’ll be working on You won’t be maintaining legacy systems. You’ll be: Designing and building core backend systems that power our AI agents Creating APIs and services that handle high-scale, real-time workflows Working with queues (Kafka / SQS / RabbitMQ) to orchestrate async systems Thinking deeply about performance, cost, and reliability in AI pipelines Shipping features end-to-end with a small, senior team The team We’re a small group of experienced builders. We move quickly, care about quality, and avoid unnecessary process. No layers of management. No long planning cycles. Lots of ownership and autonomy. What we’re looking for 5+ years of backend engineering experience Strong system design fundamentals Experience with distributed systems and async processing Familiarity with relational and/or document databases Clear communicator, low ego, high ownership Why join You’ll work on a product where the output is measurable (meetings booked, revenue generated) You’ll have real ownership from day one You’ll be early in building a new category (AI sales agents) You’ll grow as fast as we do Originally posted on startup.jobs