Backend Engineer
- Level
- Senior
- Work type
- On-site · Almaty
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 9 September 2026.
What this role asks for
In most of Higgsfield's ads
Generative AI
Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.
83% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Higgsfield's standard text, folded away below.
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The team: Engineering & Product HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 14 open in Engineering & Product. 7 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in April: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Generative AI (10 of 14), Python (9 of 14), BigQuery (5 of 14), SQL (5 of 14), AWS (3 of 14), CI/CD (3 of 14), Golang (3 of 14)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Backend Software Engineer, Infrastructure posted Oct 17
- Backend Software Engineer, Trust & Safety (Anti-Fraud) posted Oct 17
- Backend Software Engineer, Agentic posted Oct 17
- Backend Software Engineer, Product posted Oct 17
- Data Analyst, Antifraud posted Sep 30
- Data Scientist, Antifraud posted Sep 30
- Payments Analyst posted Sep 30
- AI Engineer posted Sep 8
- Data Science, Product Analyst posted Sep 7
- Data Scientist, Product posted Sep 7
- Lead GRC Engineer posted Aug 28
- Technical Program Manager posted Aug 19
- Frontend Engineer posted Apr 29
From the team and dates on Higgsfield's own job board.
About the role
Why work at Higgsfield AI?
Higgsfield AI is the fastest-scaling generative AI company in history, hitting $1B in annual revenue run rate, 30M+ users worldwide, 6M+ generations per day, and powering 390 of Fortune 500 brands.
Higgsfield's standard text
We're building at the absolute frontier of AI-powered video creation and next-generation creative tools. Joining Higgsfield means becoming part of a high-impact team shaping the future of AI-native experiences, at a company that isn't just moving fast, but rewriting what fast looks like.
Who we are looking for
Everyone at Higgsfield is an A-player. We’re looking for teammates who bring:
- Deep backend expertise, with a strong focus on scalable systems and APIs.
- A systems thinker who can design architectures that handle millions of users.
- Readiness to thrive in a high-intensity startup environment.
- Comfort in a high-intensity startup environment, where priorities shift fast.
What you will work on
- Architect & scale robust data pipelines from diverse web sources.
- Handle large volumes of unstructured data (video, audio, images, text).
- Analyze web apps & APIs for stable data extraction.
- Own the full data acquisition process: automation, integrity, efficiency.
Your must haves
- 5+ years of experience.
- Experience with highload systems.
- Proven track record with large-scale data ingestion systems.
- Media content storage & delivery optimization.
- Strong knowledge of databases.
- Performance tuning & profiling.
- CDN, caching, message queues.
- Independent, able to lead complex projects.
- Willingness to work in a fast-paced startup environment.
The deal
- Competitive salary in USD + stock options.
- On-site role in our Almaty office (we will relocate you from anywhere)
- Full-time position with high growth potential.
Salary context
31 other open postings titled Backend Engineer state a salary: median USD 150,000 to USD 200,000 a year.
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