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## We're Hiring a Principal Backend Engineer to Shape the Future of Medium

DevFeed: [We're Hiring a Principal Backend Engineer to Shape the Future of Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/we-re-hiring-a-principal-backend-engineer-to-shape-the-future-of-medium-20326.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://medium.engineering/were-hiring-a-principal-backend-engineer-to-shape-the-future-of-medium-a0d7896b3717?source=rss----2817475205d3---4>)

Author: Michael Margolis

Published: 2025-10-22T17:19:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/medium.md>)

Topics: [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debugging.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [backend-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend-development.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [hiring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hiring.md>), [medium](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/medium.md>), [remote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [us](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/us.md>)

### AI overview

Medium is recruiting a Principal Backend Engineer to lead the evolution of its core backend, which supports reading, writing, and discovery. The role includes modernizing the codebase, setting engineering standards, mentoring, and hands-on systems work, and is fully remote in the US.

### Source excerpt

When I joined Medium, it was because I still believe in the internet as a place for ideas. Not noise, not outrage, but content that connects people through shared curiosity. Medium's mission is to deepen understanding and spread ideas that matter. We're building the best place for reading and writing online: A space that rewards clarity, authenticity, and craft over clickbait and engagement hacks. That vision only works if the technology beneath it is as thoughtful as the writing above it. That's where you come in. Yes, you! Photo by Yannick Pulver on UnsplashThe Role We are starting the search for a Principal Backend Engineer at Medium, our most senior IC level and a leadership position at the company. In this role, you will lead the evolution of Medium's core backend, the systems that power reading, writing, and discovery for millions of users every day. This is a deeply hands-on, high-impact role. You'll help craft the strategy for where we want to be as an engineering organization on the backend, and be accountable for the quality, standards, and evolution of the Medium backend platform. You will: Partner with engineering, design, data, and executive leadership to define and deliver the future of Medium. Make our platform not just reliable, but genuinely delightful to build on. Modernize a large, living codebase so our teams can move faster and ship with confidence. Lead through influence by setting standards, reviewing critical code and designs, and mentoring engineers across teams. Shape how we build, ensuring our architecture, practices, and systems are strong, scalable, and aligned with Medium's long-term goals. Balance vision with execution by building, debugging, and refining systems yourself to model technical excellence and thoughtful engineering craft. And you can do this work wherever you do your best thinking, whether that's a home office, a beachside Airbnb, a rainy coastal cabin in the Pacific Northwest, or your favorite café with great Wi-Fi and ev

## La Plateforme

DevFeed: [La Plateforme](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/la-plateforme-7012.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mistral.ai/news/la-plateforme/>)

Published: 2023-12-11T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Mistral AI Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mistral-ai-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-platform.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [mixtral](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mixtral.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Fine-tuning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fine-tuning.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Query (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/query.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarks.md>), [embedding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embedding.md>), [fine-tuning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fine-tuning.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [medium](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/medium.md>), [mistral](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mistral.md>), [mixtral](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mixtral.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [prompt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prompt.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [quality](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quality.md>), [retrieval](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrieval.md>)

### AI overview

Mistral AI introduces beta platform services offering text-generation chat endpoints and an embedding endpoint. The article describes the performance and pricing tradeoffs of Mistral-tiny, Mistral-small, and Mistral-medium, along with model alignment, fine-tuning, multilingual capabilities, retrieval performance, API specifications, and Python and Javascript client libraries.

### Source excerpt

The most powerful AI platform for enterprises. Customize, fine-tune, and deploy AI assistants, autonomous agents, and multimodal AI with open models.