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Senior Backend Engineer, Conversational AI
Location
United States
Posted
33 days ago
Salary
$159K - $210K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Backend Engineer, Conversational AI
Trellis
• Guide your team in delivering high quality, well tested technical solutions providing technical and project oversight • Lead by example through the quality of your code and your approach to your work • Own projects through the entire software development lifecycle - from planning and development to validation, iteration, and maintenance • Translate conceptual work into well-crafted tech plans for review by technical leadership and key stakeholders • Leverage your understanding of the business and engineering strategies to design experiments and high-value projects that impact the work your team is doing • Expertly navigate complex systems and domains to identify key challenges and create plans to address them • Own system quality and hold your team members accountable through constructive and actionable feedback • Level up the team through code review feedback and knowledge sharing sessions • Assist in the onboarding of new engineering hires
Job Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience developing software in a production environment
- 2+ years’ experience in a senior engineer role
- 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
- Exceptional ability to communicate clearly and concisely, particularly in Slack and technical documents
- Experience in product development where you were a key decision maker
- Deep expertise in system architecture and design
- Proven success in operational excellence
- Cross-functional leadership and collaboration experience
- Familiarity with cloud environments, especially the Google Cloud stack
Benefits
- Health insurance starts day one
- Flexible vacation (yes, actually flexible)
- Wellness programming, because balance matters
- 401(k) and HSA contributions, FSAs, bonuses & equity opportunities
- Paid parental leave
- Quarterly virtual and/or in-person events that keep us connected
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