Software Engineer (AI developer)

About the role

Backblaze is looking for a Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain open‑source AI integrations, frameworks, and example applications that make B2 Cloud Storage a natural component of modern AI workflows. You will work at the forefront of the AI ecosystem, collaborating with startups, open‑source frameworks, and developer tools while using AI‑assisted coding agents daily.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and maintain open‑source AI integrations, frameworks, and example applications using Python, TypeScript, Go, and Rust.
• Build public sample applications, SDK extensions, notebooks, and reference implementations that showcase best practices for AI and cloud storage.
• Leverage AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code) to accelerate implementation while ensuring correctness, security, and performance.
• Contribute to open‑source projects through code contributions, issue triage, reviews, and ongoing maintenance.
• Ensure all open‑source assets meet high standards for testing, documentation, reproducibility, and developer usability.
• Maintain clean, well‑structured GitHub repositories designed for external adoption and community contribution.
• Collaborate with Product and QA teams to align integrations with real customer AI workflows and Backblaze B2 usage patterns.

Required profile

• Software engineer with proven experience contributing to open‑source projects in one or more widely used languages.
• Comfortable owning and maintaining public repositories with external users and contributors.
• Practical understanding of AI workflows, including data ingestion, preprocessing, inference, and agent‑based systems.
• Strong appetite for continuous learning and hands‑on testing of emerging AI frameworks and APIs.

Required skills

• Python
• TypeScript
• Go
• Rust
• JavaScript
• Backblaze B2 SDKs and REST APIs
• Open‑source AI frameworks and tooling
• AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Antigravity, Codex
• Jupyter and Google Colab notebooks
• GitHub, pytest, CI pipelines