
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