Senior Backend Engineer

CLERA, LLC
San Francisco, CA, United States
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Java Virtual Machine (JVM) PostgreSQL Enterprise Messaging Systems TypeScript Spring-boot Backend Terraform

Job description

Join the engineering team of a Series A B2B SaaS company building an AI-powered omnichannel customer communication platform for SMEs. You’ll work on core backend technologies that power messaging, automation, and AI-driven workflows - shipping features end-to-end in a high-ownership environment and contributing to long-term architecture decisions., * Improve platform performance and reliability to enhance the user experience at scale.

  • Participate in long-term architecture discussions and help define technical direction.
  • Shape internal development processes and establish best practices across the engineering team.
  • Bring your own ideas to influence product and platform decisions.

Requirements

Do you have experience in TypeScript?, * Required: Proficiency in Java and TypeScript - both are essential for this role.

  • Required: Experience with Quarkus or Spring Boot (or comparable JVM frameworks).
  • Required: Hands-on experience with AWS and Terraform for cloud infrastructure.
  • Strong PostgreSQL experience.
  • Familiarity with AI libraries such as LangGraph.
  • Background building scalable backend systems for communications or messaging platforms.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and a track record delivering features end-to-end at senior level.

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