Description:

Woolf is redefining higher education by increasing access to world-class, globally recognized, and transferable degrees.
The company enables institutions, educators, and entrepreneurs to launch accredited degree programs at speed and scale, ensuring high-quality education is more accessible than ever.
Woolf is a category-defining company accelerating innovation in higher education, creating new opportunities for learning without borders.
The team is globally distributed and remote-first, focused on building the future of education.
The role of Backend Engineer involves using AI to unlock insights and enhance efficiency, while also focusing on solid engineering practices.
Responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining reliable, scalable backend services using Node.js and tRPC, optimizing APIs and databases, evaluating and implementing solutions, participating in code reviews, collaborating with product and engineering teams, and troubleshooting production issues in a cloud-native environment.
The tech stack includes AI tools like Gemini and Vertex AI, server technologies like Node.js with tRPC, infrastructure tools such as GCP, Cloud Run, Cloud Tasks, Kubernetes, Redis, and databases like Spanner, PostgreSQL, AlloyDB, and BigQuery.

Requirements:

Candidates should have experience developing and scaling backend systems, preferably in AI or data-heavy environments.
Familiarity with cloud platforms, ideally GCP, and containerized environments is required.
Strong skills in debugging and optimizing distributed systems and APIs are essential.
A solid understanding of database design and performance tuning is necessary.
Effective communication skills and fluency in English (both written and spoken) are required.
A proactive, self-starting mindset with the ability to take full ownership of projects is important.
Candidates should be open to learning new technologies and adapting quickly to changing priorities.
A focus on clean, maintainable code and delivering high-impact features is expected.

The position offers a contract structure as an Independent Contractor on a global scale.
Contractors are responsible for their own taxes and benefits in compliance with local regulations.
Employees will have the opportunity to work with education leaders worldwide to shape the future of learning.
The role provides remote flexibility, allowing individuals to work from anywhere with a schedule that fits their lifestyle.
There is growth potential within a fast-growing company, with opportunities to expand roles.
Employees will be part of an innovative culture within a mission-driven team backed by top investors.