Senior Software Engineer- Backend (Platform)

The role

You will build the backend services and architecture that power the Yoodli product. Your work covers analytics, data, search, infrastructure, monitoring, cost management, security and scaling.

What you will do

• Build backend services and architecture that power the product
• Work across analytics, data, search, infrastructure, monitoring, cost management, security and scaling
• Solve highest-scale problems and deliver solutions that scale quickly to match customer needs
• Establish wide ownership and expertise across the platform

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of professional development experience, shipping production code
• Strong backend capabilities, including owning services end-to-end
• Solid experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS or Azure) and Infrastructure as Code
• Proficiency in TypeScript or Python, with the ability to debug complex distributed systems
• Clear communicator who works well across engineering and product and gives and receives feedback well
• Understands how their work connects to business outcomes and user impact
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Ability to be on-site in Seattle, WA 3 days a week (M, T, Th)

Nice to have

• NoSQL databases and Kubernetes
• Google Cloud Platform
• Security and compliance experience

Benefits

• Huge impact opportunity: define technical strategy and build foundational systems at a fast-growing startup
• Work directly with the founding team
• Significant equity opportunities at a venture-backed company
• Fun, inclusive and highly motivated team culture

Before you apply

• Ability to be on-site in Seattle, WA 3 days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) is required

About the company

Yoodli is an AI platform for human skills that helps people communicate better and grow in their careers. The company is backed by Madrona, Neotribe, the Allen Institute for AI and Cercano, and has raised over $60M to date.