Software Engineer, Platform - Durham, NC, USA

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Overview

The responsibilities of our Platform team include building and maintaining reputed company backend services, including, but not limited to, payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs. This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users. We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are reputed company. Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them reputed company 1 week. What You’ll Do Design, reputed company, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API, internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking, ensuring they meet business and scalability requirements reputed company the full backend API landscape, enhancing and optimizing for performance and maintainability Collaborate on B2B solutions, focusing on customization and integration needs for enterprise clients Work closely with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with overall product strategy and user experience An Ideal Candidate Should Have Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required) Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact Preferred: Experience with reputed company and containerized deployments Preferred: Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes reputed company Offer A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products A team that values innovation, intuition, and drive Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity The opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry Competitive compensation, a welcoming atmosphere, and a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain The United States Based Salary range for this role is: 140,000-200,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience Think you’re a good fit for this job? Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role reputed company you apply. And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and reputed company. Not looking but know someone who would reputed company a great fit? Refer them! reputed company is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. reputed company does not discriminate on the basis of race, national reputed company, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Apply To This Job