# Backend Infrastructure Engineer at Vinci

- Company: Vinci
- What the company does: Run full-resolution simulations in minutes. Vinci’s foundation model for physics unites AI acceleration with verified solvers for as-built accuracy. Backed by Khosla.
- Company website: https://www.getvinci.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Palo Alto HQ
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $165K to $180K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-18
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vinci/15d98bae-5a41-48ac-97d6-2dbf5c637b0f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vinci-backend-infrastructure-engineer/

## About the role

Your north star will be production and delivering value to our customers. Design, build, and operate the backend services and infrastructure that power Vinci’s simulation and inference platform.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on backend and infrastructure
- Infrastructure & cloud: hands-on Terraform experience and production work on at least one major cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure, or similar)
- CI/CD: built and maintained pipelines with Jenkins or an equivalent CI system
- Build systems: comfortable with build tooling such as CMake and Python packaging via pip/uv
- Languages: proficient in Python, with working familiarity in C++
- Scale: comfortable navigating and contributing to large, multi-language codebases

Tags: Engineering