Senior Back-End Software Engineer

A rapidly-growing early-stage startup that is building an AI-powered correspondence coach and platform that can provide feedback during and after meetings, is looking for a Senior Back-End Software Engineer. The engineer will be responsible for building and delivering end-to-end features, including front-end, back-end, and system-level audio processing tasks while working on the core engineering product. The U.S.-based company is committed to democratizing language for career mobility, enhancing diversity and inclusion, and fostering more empathy and understanding among professionals. The company has managed to securely raise $4.3mn+ during their Seed round of funding. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Create an outstanding DevOps culture that encompasses build automation, system testing, and site stability
• Work directly with design and product on research, ideation, prototyping, and testing features that enchant users and propel Poised's growth
• Work in tandem with ML engineers to identify requirements, source solutions, and meet data platform and infrastructure requirements
• Grow to become a member of the founding team to establish the culture of the business
• Work in a quick-paced atmosphere and make quick iterations on the infrastructure and product
• Work on a constantly changing set of issues and demands that require answers that don't already exist
• Show off your prodigious capacity for problem-solving, as well as your ability to put together rough MVPs and comprehend what is required to get them into production rapidly

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3+ years of relevant experience as a back-end engineer
• Extensive experience working with DevOps, AWS, and Docker
• Demonstrable experience with back-end or system infrastructure engineering, as well as a desire to advance in new directions
• Ability to lead the development and delivery of the features and to deliver solutions for high-level challenges and needs
• Must be a systems thinker who can easily recognize patterns to develop frameworks and solutions to solve complex needs
• Prior experience with engineering automation, infrastructure-as-code, and container technologies like Docker
• Competent functional knowledge of AWS or other cloud service providers ECS, AppSync, Lambda, DynamoDB, and CloudFormation
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills