# Senior Software Engineer, Backend

**Company:** [Auctor](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/auctor)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $250k – $350k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Python, Java, Go, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS, LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Confluence, Jira, Sharepoint
**Posted:** 2025-12-17

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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