Senior Backend Engineer
| Company | PLAUD ai |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA, USA, San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Salary | $170000 – $220000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in professional software development, ideally in building and scaling enterprise solutions.
- Experience with Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, or similar technology.
- Familiar with cloud-based infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Experience envisioning and delivering an effectively zero to one product to enterprise customers.
- A deep understanding of LLMs, their capabilities, limitations, and potential applications.
- Demonstrated proficiency in a variety of technologies with the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new tools and languages.
- Ideal candidate will have previously been the first technical lead at an early stage high growth startup, with an emphasis on owning a project from conception to deployment.
- Strong leadership and team-building skills with a collaborative approach.
- Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field (Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline).
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end technical development and execution of our enterprise services roadmap, ensuring alignment between company objectives and customer needs.
- Oversee the entire agentic product lifecycle from concept to launch, ensuring excellent product market fit by setting clear goals and milestones.
- Lead the development and implementation of automation and API integrations to enhance our product capabilities and user experience without compromising security, privacy, nor quality.
- Research and implement new AI technologies that can be integrated into our agentic solutions.
- Communicate tangible technical vision, decisions, and project statuses clearly and effectively to executive leadership, cross-functional teams, and non-technical stakeholders.
- Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing engineering team, fostering an innovative culture of BUILDERS.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across different functions between the US and global teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Interested in agentic enterprise software, cloud, and LLMs.
- Willingness to travel internationally as needed.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment.
- Experience managing or collaborating with international teams.