Senior Backend Engineer

The role

You will build and maintain Python-based state systems for voice AI. You will integrate LLM providers, design database schemas, and build microservices-based architectures.

What you will do

• Build and maintain Python-based state systems for voice AI conversations
• Integrate and orchestrate multiple LLM providers
• Write clean, maintainable, high-performance Python code
• Write automated tests and validation suites
• Monitor production systems and debug agent behavior
• Implement metrics, logging, and alerting
• Design database schemas and operate SQL and NoSQL databases
• Build and operate authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Design and build microservices-based architectures

Required qualifications

• 5+ years writing python
• Experience writing async web apps using fast api
• Experience with testing frameworks
• Understanding of LLMs, APIs, Cloud, CI/CD pipelines
• Comfortable with understanding technical specifications
• Understanding of good architecture, security practices
• Strong technical and communication skills
• Experience with AWS & Kubernetes

Benefits

• Company pays for food
• Rent out Airbnb’s in cool places four times a year

Before you apply

• Message Aidan with an item from your bucket list and something impressive you’ve done

About the company

Phonely is building voice AI agents for businesses. The team consists of ex-athletes, founders, and builders.