Remote Staff Backend Engineer

Description:

• Air is a Creative Ops System designed for creative teams, automating mundane tasks to manage content and enhance creativity through image recognition, automated versioning, and approval workflows.
• The company launched in March 2021 and has raised over $70 million from notable venture capital groups.
• The Staff Backend Engineer will help shape the future of creative work by building intelligent systems that power the platform and deliver advanced search and discovery capabilities.
• This role involves collaborating with cofounders, product teams, and other cross-functional teams to design robust, scalable systems that integrate AI capabilities.
• Candidates should have extensive experience in backend engineering, particularly with Node.js and TypeScript, and a passion for designing resilient data models and event-driven architectures.
• The position requires agility in adapting to changing requirements and a focus on building scalable systems.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 8+ years of experience working with Node.js and TypeScript in a professional setting.
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing distributed backend services and APIs is required.
• A strong understanding of data modeling concepts and experience with AWS Aurora, Postgres, and Elasticsearch is necessary.
• Proven experience with event-driven architectures, message queues, and distributed systems is essential.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services (such as Lambda, S3, EC2, RDS, SQS, SNS) and cloud infrastructure is required.
• Experience in designing and maintaining systems that support machine learning pipelines and large-scale data processing is needed.
• A track record of scaling backend infrastructure to manage increasing load and complexity is important.
• Candidates must demonstrate the ability to clearly communicate complex technical challenges and propose effective solutions.

Benefits:

• Air contributes 90% to medical, dental, and vision insurance and 75% to dependent coverage.
• Employees receive life insurance, disability insurance, and membership to One Medical.
• A generous work-from-home stipend and professional development reimbursement are provided.
• Employees enjoy unlimited vacation days.
• The company is committed to investing in the wellness and continued education of its employees.
• Compensation for this role ranges from USD $160,000 to $264,000 if based in the US, and CAD $176,000 to $292,000 if based in Canada.