Senior Backend Engineer

Air

7h•$146,000 - $215,000•Remote

About The Position

Air is a Creative Ops System for creative teams. Our product automates the mindless tasks that creatives and marketers do every day to manage content and unlocks creativity through image recognition, automated versioning, and approval workflows. We launched in March 2021 and have raised +$70m from world-class venture capital groups including Avenir, Tiger Global, Headline Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, WndrCo, and Slack Ventures. The Role Help shape the future of creative work as our Staff Backend Engineer. At Air, we’re redefining how creative teams organize and access their work. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in building intelligent systems that power our platform, delivering cutting-edge search and discovery capabilities to teams worldwide. You’ll join a talented team of engineers and work closely with our cofounders, product, and other cross-functional teams. You’ll have the opportunity to lead the design of robust, scalable systems that integrate AI capabilities into our core platform, balancing strong engineering fundamentals with a practical understanding of product goals and constraints. This role is for you if you have extensive experience in backend engineering and Node.js/Typescript. In this position, you will: Drive the architectural design and evolution of a highly-available public API to support critical integrations for enterprise clients Implement efficient data storage and retrieval strategies Design solutions with high availability and fault tolerance in mind Strive for quality and efficiency in all phases of the development lifecycle Collaborate with stakeholders across the company Identify bottlenecks and proposal solutions that can drive the company forward Mentor and help in the growth of junior members of the team Foster more and higher-level involvement across different parts of the product To help us filter genuine candidates, include the code AIR-ENG-2025 in the designated field of the application form.

Requirements

4-7+ years experience working with Node.js and TypeScript in a professional capacity.
Extensive experience designing and implementing distributed backend services and APIs.
Experience building integration with third-party services.
Strong understanding of data modeling concepts and experience with AWS Aurora, Postgres, and Elasticsearch.
Proven experience with event-driven architectures, message queues, and distributed systems.
Deep knowledge of AWS services (Lambda, S3, EC2, RDS, SQS, SNS, etc.) and cloud infrastructure.
Experience designing and maintaining systems that support ML pipelines and large-scale data processing.
Track record of scaling backend infrastructure to handle increasing load and complexity.
Demonstrated capacity to clearly communicate complex technical challenges and propose effective solutions.

Responsibilities

Drive the architectural design and evolution of a highly-available public API to support critical integrations for enterprise clients
Implement efficient data storage and retrieval strategies
Design solutions with high availability and fault tolerance in mind
Strive for quality and efficiency in all phases of the development lifecycle
Collaborate with stakeholders across the company
Identify bottlenecks and proposal solutions that can drive the company forward
Mentor and help in the growth of junior members of the team
Foster more and higher-level involvement across different parts of the product

Benefits

Air contributes 90% to medical, dental, and vision insurance and 75% to dependent coverage.
Employees also have life insurance, disability insurance, and membership to One Medical.
We offer a generous work from home stipend, professional development reimbursement, and unlimited vacation days.
Although we are still early stage, we are always seeking ways to invest in the wellness and continued education of our employees.

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