Senior Backend Engineer (ML/CV)
About Conntour Conntour is a defense-tech startup backed by top-tier Silicon Valley investors, including YC, General Catalyst, and SV Angel. We are building the next generation of defense-tech autonomous systems, connecting distributed camera networks, AI models, and natural-language interfaces to surface mission-critical insights in real time. Our platform is already protecting sensitive sites for private and government agencies, and we’re just getting started. The Impact You’ll Make As a Senior Backend Engineer at Conntour, you’ll be one of the first engineers shaping the foundation of our platform. You’ll design and build high-scale, performance-critical backend systems that power real-time video and AI-driven workflows in high-stakes environments. Your work will directly influence our architecture, infrastructure, deployment strategy, and engineering standards from the ground up. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves building robust systems, optimizing performance, owning infrastructure, and solving hard problems where reliability and speed matter. What We’re Looking For 4 + years backend or systems engineering in production environments. Deep knowledge of distributed systems, networking, and databases. Production proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability stacks. Comfort with pub/sub architectures (Kafka, MQTT). Experience designing and operating AI inference services at scale (Triton, TensorRT, ONNX Runtime) across distributed GPU clusters. Experience with computer‑vision/AI model serving, on‑prem/edge deployments, or security‑sensitive/government environments. Computer Science degree Expertise in Python Big Bonuses Hands‑on experience integrating LLMs (RAG, agents). Knowledge of stream‑processing for high‑volume video data. Expertise in Go, Rust, or C++. Why Conntour Cutting-edge technology Work on real-time vision models, multimodal AI, distributed video systems, and fast operational interfaces. Mission with impact Your systems will help protect lives and critical infrastructure in Israel and beyond. Ownership from day one Join as one of the first 10 employees and help shape the architecture, infrastructure, engineering culture, and technical direction of the company. Hard problems, real users Build systems that need to perform reliably in complex, high-stakes, real-world environments. We move fast, care deeply, and are looking for teammates who do the same. Join us - let’s build something that matters.