Overview

A high-growth, venture-backed technology company is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join its expanding engineering team. The organization is building a next-generation platform at the intersection of AI, automation, and modern go-to-market infrastructure, transforming customer interactions into structured data, insights, and intelligent action.

Seniority

2+ years of experience as a backend engineer

The Role

As a Backend Software Engineer, you will design and build core platform capabilities, owning features end-to-end from concept through production while collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end implementation of product requirements
• Build scalable backend systems
• Write clean, maintainable code
• Collaborate cross-functionally
• Influence product direction
• Own full software development lifecycle
• Balance short-term and long-term architecture

Work Experience

• Experience building AI/LLM infrastructure or data pipelines
• Experience in high-growth startups or large tech companies
• Distributed systems design experience
• Demonstrated scrappiness (founder, side projects, hackathons)

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering experience
• Proficiency in Go or similar language
• Experience with APIs (GraphQL/REST)
• Cloud experience (AWS)
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Kafka, or Redis
• Strong problem-solving skills

Hard Skills

• Deep fluency with Go
• Experience with AI tooling (Claude, Cursor, Codex)
• Kafka, Redis, or Kubernetes experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Technology Stack

Go, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, Redis, Temporal, GraphQL, REST APIs

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering experience
• Proficiency in Go or similar language
• Experience with APIs (GraphQL/REST)
• Cloud experience (AWS)
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Kafka, or Redis
• Strong problem-solving skills

Why is This a Great Opportunity

• Build at the forefront of AI, transforming unstructured customer interactions into actionable data and insights
• Work on systems that directly improve how revenue teams operate and close business more effectively
• Join a well-funded company with strong product-market fit and top-tier investor backing
• Collaborate with experienced founders and high-performing engineering talent
• Contribute at a critical inflection point in both the company’s growth and the broader AI landscape
• Own meaningful portions of the product and platform from early concept through production
• Competitive compensation ($180K–$230K base + equity) with strong upside potential
• Onsite collaboration in New York City within a fast-paced, high-ownership environment