BE Engineer Valka.ai

About Valka.ai

Valka, a visionary spin-off from the Realms Group (the parent company of Oddin.gg), is on a mission to revolutionize the way people create and experience digital content. Our team believes that content shouldn’t just be consumed; it should be co-created in real time, blurring the lines between imagination and reality. By harnessing the power of cutting-edge AI, we aim to build an interactive human-digital platform where virtual characters respond dynamically to each user’s voice, text, gestures, and more.

This is your chance to join a diverse group of innovators who are driven to redefine what’s possible in generative content. Together, we’re changing the paradigm from passive viewing to active participation, unlocking new creative frontiers across gaming, entertainment, education, and beyond.

The Role: Backend Engineer

As the Backend Engineer at Valka.ai, you’ll be the cornerstone ensuring our AI initiatives have a robust, scalable, and efficient foundation. You’ll bring your “hacker at heart” mindset to streamline our development processes, enable real-time AI-powered features, and integrate seamlessly with our broader infrastructure. In doing so, you’ll directly support our AI engineers, helping them move faster and innovate at scale.

What You’ll Do

• ML Ops & Pipeline Development
• Design, build, and maintain MLOps pipelines that empower AI engineers to train, deploy, and monitor models efficiently.
• Implement best practices around versioning, containerization, and continuous integration to ensure rapid iteration.
• Infrastructure Collaboration
• Work closely with the infrastructure team to plan and manage our cloud environments, focusing on performance, cost optimization, and reliability.
• Ensure our backend services scale seamlessly and can handle real-time interactions with digital humans.
• Support Services for AI Models
• Develop and manage Python-based microservices and APIs that interface with models or large language model (LLM) components.
• Collaborate with AI teams to translate model outputs into production-ready services, ensuring responsive and great user experiences.
• Innovate & Experiment
• Embody a “hacker mentality”—test new approaches, quickly build proof-of-concepts, and pivot as needed to stay on the leading edge of AI-driven technology.
• Integrate feedback from stakeholders, refine services, and continuously improve performance.

About You

• Proficient in Python: Comfortable building robust backend systems and services using Python frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, Flask). Golang is a great nice to have.
• MLOps Experience: Familiar with common ML lifecycle tools, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and deployment platforms (AWS).
• Systems & Infrastructure Knowledge: Skilled in cloud environments and CI/CD pipelines and able to coordinate with infrastructure experts to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.
• Hacker at Heart: You thrive on problem-solving, rapid prototyping and enjoy exploring creative solutions to complex challenges.
• Collaborative Spirit: Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work hand-in-hand with AI engineers, product designers, and stakeholders.
• Ownership Mentality: You’re proactive, adaptable, and driven to take charge and ensure the successful delivery of your projects.

Join us at Valka.ai to build the backbone of tomorrow’s interactive media—where your unique combination of backend expertise and hacker’s zeal will propel our AI-driven innovations into new frontiers of real-time content creation.