Backend Engineer (CZ) at Myriad AI in Prague, Prague, Czechia

🚀 About Myriad

We are building a reliable and scalable AI-powered platform that allows US companies to put regulatory compliance on autopilot.

At its core, Myriad is an engineering-driven company, founded by individuals with robust technical backgrounds, forged in Silicon Valley and molded by necessity.

Myriad's software engineers are at the forefront of developing next-generation technologies that revolutionize the way enterprises manage their compliance.

We employ individuals with a diverse range of technical abilities who are eager to address some of the most challenging issues in technology and create a significant impact on users worldwide. Our engineering team comes from reputable companies:

❓Why compliance?

Compliance isn’t just about regulations and checkboxes -it’s the foundation of trust, stability, and ethical progress in our global economy. It safeguards financial systems from fraud, protects consumers from exploitation, and ensures businesses operate with integrity.

In fintech, compliance is a catalyst for innovation. It enables secure digital transactions, prevents money laundering, and fosters financial inclusion by ensuring that emerging technologies remain safe and accountable. From AI-driven risk monitoring to real-time fraud detection, compliance empowers businesses to scale responsibly while protecting society from financial crime.

At its core, compliance is about fairness, security, and trust -paving the way for a more transparent and ethical financial future. It’s not just a regulatory requirement; it’s a force for good, shaping a world where businesses thrive while protecting people and institutions alike.

💸 We are backed by top US and EU venture capital with several years of runway

Read about us on http://cc.cz and http://hn.cz

Ralf and Jan, Myriad AI founders.

🤗 What we offer

• You can be a part of the core engineering team of a newly created and VC-backed startup
• Silicon Valley-style company => stock options and/or RSUs!
• Steep career growth opportunities through continuous growth and our Silicon Valley pedigree
• Technical Founders (experience from Google, Amazon, BMW, Airbnb, Dropbox, NVIDIA)
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Prague and San Francisco offices, we are a multi-homed company with a hybrid approach to work (biz travel to Silicon Valley)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Flat hierarchies and open feedback culture

Myriad AI team

🤗 What we offer

• You can be a part of the core engineering team => we solve global-scale problems
• Silicon Valley-style company => stock options and/or RSUs!
• Steep career growth opportunities through continuous growth and our Silicon Valley pedigree
• Technical Founders (experience from Google, Amazon, BMW, Airbnb, Dropbox, nVIDIA)
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Prague and San Francisco offices, we are a multi-homed company with a hybrid approach to work (biz travel to Silicon Valley)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Flat hierarchies and open feedback culture
• Office and remote work

🎉 About You

• You contribute fresh perspectives in a variety of domains, including large-scale system design, networking, data storage, security
• You know how to design, develop testing, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions
• You are comfortable managing project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, and demonstrate leadership capabilities
• You are eager to address some of the most challenging issues in technology and create a significant impact on users worldwide
• You love being mission driven and want to join an early stage Silicon Valley based startup

📖 Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with full stack development or back-end such as Java, Python, GO, or C++ codebases, or front-end including JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, or equivalent
• Experience with backend architecture, databases and data storage architectures

📖 Preferred qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in backend such as Java, Python, GO, or C++ codebases
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience in the full product lifecycle including gathering technical requirements, solution design, implementation, and productionization.
• Experience with highly scalable backend architectures; sharded DBs; SQLs, NOSQLs, Blob and KV stores and combinations of those
• Understanding cloud architecture and limits.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with teams within and outside of the core team and across sites.
• Team player and proactive in proposing solutions when faced with ambiguous software engineering problems.

Note 1: previous work references might be required and checked.

Note 2: AI-generated applications will be automatically rejected. Be real.

Note 3: Physical presence in Prague is required (hybrid model allowed and supported but assume that you'll have to come to the office).