Principal Backend Engineer- Admin Workflows
About The Position
As a Principal Backend Engineer on the Admin Workflows team, you'll own the systems that turn an admin's ideas and raw materials into engaging, AI-first training in minutes. Your job is to make that magic more powerful and more reliable at enterprise scale: building the content integrations that ingest source material from the systems customers already use, the agent framework that powers those roleplays, and the content creation workflows at the heart of our admin experience. You’ll also help tell the story of the impact of Yoodli through AI-powered analysis and analytics - feedback and skills intelligence integrated deeply enough that customers can measure real improvement of their learners, not just activity.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional development experience shipping and operating production systems
- Deep backend expertise - you've architected and owned services end-to-end, and set technical direction in fast-moving environments
- Track record of designing distributed systems and APIs that scale, and of raising the engineering bar through mentorship and technical leadership
- 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 effectively leads collaborations across engineering and product, and who gives and receives feedback well
- You understand how your work connects to business outcomes and user impact
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Nice To Haves
- Experience with LLMs, generative AI, and AI-powered applications
- Speech/audio processing technologies
- NoSQL databases and Kubernetes
- Google Cloud Platform
Responsibilities
- Own the systems that turn an admin's ideas and raw materials into engaging, AI-first training in minutes.
- Make magic more powerful and more reliable at enterprise scale.
- Build content integrations that ingest source material from the systems customers already use.
- Develop the agent framework that powers roleplays.
- Create content creation workflows at the heart of our admin experience.
- Help tell the story of the impact of Yoodli through AI-powered analysis and analytics.
- Integrate feedback and skills intelligence deeply enough that customers can measure real improvement of their learners.
Benefits
- Huge impact opportunity: Define technical strategy and build foundational systems at a fast-growing startup
- Competitive compensation: Significant equity opportunities at a venture-backed company
- Base compensation: $190k - $210k
- Work directly with the founding team and shape the future of AI-powered communication coaching
- Join a fun, inclusive and highly motivated team culture (and help define it!)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
