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Senior Backend Software Engineer, Recording

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. Design and build backend systems that power core product experiences and next-generation AI capabilities.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSDistributed SystemsGoKafkaMicroservicesPythonRabbitMQTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design and build backend systems that power core product experiences and next-generation AI capabilities.
  • Help architect and evolve large-scale data ingestion and processing pipelines.
  • Build services that support AI inference with in-house models.
  • Improve the performance of business-critical systems across the platform.
  • Work across Python, Typescript, and Go. Collaborate with teammates to deploy and operate reliable systems in AWS.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of experience building backend applications with Python, Typescript, or Go.
  • Deep experience designing and operating distributed systems in production environments.
  • Confident working with message queues, background jobs, and task orchestration tools such as Celery, SQS, RabbitMQ, or Kafka.
  • Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining microservices.
  • Ability to optimize endpoint performance, improve database query efficiency, and troubleshoot bottlenecks in critical systems.
  • Enjoy building pragmatic, high-quality application code and care about maintainability as much as velocity.
  • Thrive in fast-moving environments with a strong sense of ownership.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Incredible teammates
  • Ownership mindset (equity for all employees)
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible paid time off and company holidays
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid parental leave
  • Home office stipend

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonTypescriptGodistributed systemsmicroservicesdata ingestionAI inferencedatabase query optimizationtask orchestrationapplication code maintainability
Soft Skills
collaborationownershipadaptabilityproblem-solvingperformance improvementattention to detailpragmatismquality focusfast-paced environmentcommunication