Trellis

Staff Backend Engineer, Conversational AI

Trellis

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $220,000 - $235,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Own the ideation and execution of high-impact projects that directly influence the user experience and business outcomes
  • Flesh out and evolve the Conversational AI Engineering roadmap alongside product and technical leadership
  • Incept projects: identify opportunities, design solutions, and lead implementation
  • Guide integration efforts with external agencies and insurance carriers
  • Normalize, rank, and evaluate results using ML-based predictions to determine optimal user paths
  • Work closely with our Data Science team to leverage MLMs in tools like DataRobot for retention forecasting and decision logic
  • Ensure scalability and performance across the platform as we continue to grow

Requirements

  • 7+ years’ experience developing software in a production environment
  • 4+ years’ experience in a senior engineer role
  • Ability to lead projects from conception through execution
  • Production experience with Node.js and Typescript
  • Proven experience working in backend systems, designing RESTful APIs and codifying business logic on top of data stores
  • Familiarity with GCP, Looker, BigQuery are a plus
  • Exceptional ability to communicate clearly and concisely, particularly in Slack and technical documents
  • Experience in product development where you were a key decision maker
  • Cross-functional leadership and collaboration experience
Benefits
  • Flexible vacation (yes, *actually* flexible)
  • 100% employer-paid health insurance for employees
  • Home office budget to create your perfect setup
  • Wellness programming, because balance matters
  • 401(k) and HSA contributions, FSAs, bonuses & equity opportunities
  • Paid parental leave
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Hard Skills & Tools
Node.jsTypescriptRESTful APIsML-based predictionsDataRobotbackend systemsbusiness logicdata storesscalabilityperformance
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproject managementdecision makingclear communicationcross-functional teamworkproblem solvingstrategic thinkingadaptability