Staff Backend Engineer
Staff Backend Engineer building core voice AI and automation platform for 911 centers. Architect scalable systems, optimize realtime AI pipelines and audio latency, build analytics and integrations. Requires 6+ years software engineering experience with strong fundamentals.
About the job
What You’ll Be Doing
- Architect core pieces of our voice AI and automation platform for reliability and scalability to serve 911 centers in critical workflows.
- Raise technical standards, contribute to code review and maintenance processes, and help define engineering excellence.
- Solve hard technical problems across domains: building effective guardrails, optimizing audio pipeline latency, evaluating AI performance, optimizing latency in realtime AI pipelines, building robust analytics solutions, and creating flexible integration solutions with customer systems.
Who We’re Looking For
- 6+ years of software engineering experience.
- Strong engineering fundamentals.
- Thrive on autonomy and constantly seek out new challenges.
- Excited to learn new skills.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision & Life insurance
- 401(k)
- Unlimited PTO
- Company-wide offsites
- Equipment stipend
- Relocation assistance
- Daily delivered lunches
- Office in Seattle
- Start-up Equity
Skills
Python, Java, Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis, Real-Time Systems, Audio Processing, Ai Evaluation, System Architecture, Latency Optimization
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