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AuctorAuctorNew York, NY

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Leads backend engineering projects building AI-powered systems for enterprise document retrieval, collaborative workflows, multi-step planning agents, security, LLM evaluation, and data ingestion pipelines from tools like Confluence and Jira. Requires 4+ years backend experience on SaaS products, scalable systems architecture.

250k – 350k/yr
On-site4+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Retrieval over large corpora of enterprise documents
  • Backend infrastructure for AI-powered collaborative workflows
  • Building multi-step planning agents for enterprise project management
  • Enterprise-grade security for sensitive organizational data
  • Evaluating LLMs across document generation and synthesis tasks
  • Data ingestion pipelines from enterprise integrations (Confluence, Jira, SharePoint, etc.)

What You'll Have

  • 4+ years (post-BS/MS) of backend-focused software engineering experience on product-centric teams
  • Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products
  • Experience building backend platforms that can support multiple product lines
  • Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge
  • Experience architecting scalable systems to support rapid growth and enterprise-level traffic
  • Grit - experience working at early-stage startups is a plus

Compensation

$250,000-$350,000

Benefits

  • Early-stage equity
  • Competitive, top-of-market salary
  • Catered lunch and dinners

Skills

PythonJavaGoPostgresRedisKubernetesAWSLLMsRetrieval-Augmented GenerationConfluenceJiraSharepoint

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