About this Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced senior API engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable APIs and distributed systems. This role focuses on developing high-performance services, integrating with external platforms (including AI-powered services where applicable), and ensuring robust data processing and system reliability.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver backend solutions that support product features, optimize system performance, and enable seamless integration across services. The ideal candidate has strong software engineering fundamentals, experience with API design, and a solid understanding of distributed systems and data workflows.

What you'll do:

Write clean, performant code for our backend RESTful APIs to ensure data flows from our 3rd-party vendors.
Support data access across multiple databases to sustain our critical infrastructure.
Collaborate with product owners, QA, and DevOps across Scrum teams to deliver solutions for our users.
Create and maintain API usage documentation and flow diagrams.

Skills you have:

Required - A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar software-development intensive field.
Required - 7+ years of development experience in web applications and/or backend APIs
Required - 3+ years of search-related products or features using either OpenSearch or ElasticSearch.
Required - 2+ years using SQL and NoSQL technologies
Required - Experience implementing and troubleshooting high-usage, high-throughput systems.
Required - Experience optimizing application performance and database queries.
Required - Experience developing with cloud services, AWS recommended.
Preferred - A good understanding of data integration and ETL processes, with experience working with APIs and data ingestion.
Preferred - Familiarity with big data processing frameworks and related technologies such as Spark, Hadoop, Airflow, and Data Lakes.
Preferred - 2+ years of development experience with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, or Node.js.
Preferred - 2+ years of FAST API experience.

As a remote-first company, we are able to hire team members residing in the following US states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, KY, MD, MI, MO, NJ, NV, NC, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA, WA, or WY.

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, our generous benefits include:

annual bonus program
stock options
401K matching
100% medical/dental/vision coverage
unlimited PTO
mental health resources
paid home office equipment
fitness reimbursements
support paying for courses
and more

We extend written offers to candidates who successfully complete their selection process. Offers will depend on several factors, including, but not limited to, marketplace competition, job leveling, experience, and skills.

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Department Engineering Role AI Engineer Locations Remote, United States Remote status Fully Remote Yearly salary $143,100 - $199,800

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