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Staff Backend Engineer

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

112 days ago

Salary

$160K - $240K / year

Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudDistributed SystemsEC2Elastic SearchJava ScriptNode.jsPostgresType Script

Job Description

• Help shape the future of creative work as our Staff Backend Engineer. • Play a pivotal role in building intelligent systems that power our platform. • Deliver cutting-edge search and discovery capabilities to teams worldwide. • Work closely with cofounders, product, and other cross-functional teams. • Lead the design of robust, scalable systems that integrate AI capabilities into the core platform. • Balance strong engineering fundamentals with a practical understanding of product goals and constraints.

Job Requirements

8+ years experience working with Node.js and TypeScript in a professional capacity.
Extensive experience designing and implementing distributed backend services and APIs.
Strong understanding of data modeling concepts and experience with AWS Aurora, Postgres, and Elasticsearch.
Proven experience with event-driven architectures, message queues, and distributed systems.
Deep knowledge of AWS services (Lambda, S3, EC2, RDS, SQS, SNS, etc.) and cloud infrastructure.
Experience designing and maintaining systems that support ML pipelines and large-scale data processing.
Track record of scaling backend infrastructure to handle increasing load and complexity.
Demonstrated capacity to clearly communicate complex technical challenges and propose effective solutions.

Benefits

Air contributes 90% to medical, dental, and vision insurance and 75% to dependent coverage.
Employees also have life insurance, disability insurance, and membership to One Medical.
We offer a generous work from home stipend, professional development reimbursement, and unlimited vacation days.
We believe that it takes a diversity of thought, culture, race, sexual orientation, and outlook to build a world-class business. We value unique contributions and welcome people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join us at Air.