Senior Backend Engineer at Yoodliinc

Who we are: Yoodli is a private, personalized and AI powered speech coach. Our dream is to help people around the world improve their communication skills without feeling judged. We’ve raised $7M+ in seed funding from leading investors such as Madrona, AI2, Cercano and other industry experts. Our work has been featured in outlets including WSJ, Inc., and Geekwire. We recently announced a partnership with Toastmasters International to bring AI powered speech coaching to 300k+ members globally. We’re a mission focused and fast growing startup based out of the Allen AI Institute in Seattle. The team includes alumni from GoogleX, Apple, Intuit among others. Here’s a video describing our founding story. You can use the product live (and for free) at www.yoodli.ai. What we’re hoping you bring: Mission alignment: You believe in our vision and care deeply about helping people achieve more by communicating better Backend expertise: You have strong experience building scalable, reliable backend services that power great user experiences Customer-centric thinking: You architect right-sized solutions - secure, maintainable, and built with the end user in mind Craft and quality: You hold yourself to a high bar for code quality and system design, and you make the engineers around you better This role is hybrid with an expectation of 3 days a week in the office - you’ll need to be based in the Greater Seattle Area. About you: • 5+ years of professional development experience, shipping production code • Strong backend capabilities - you've owned services end-to-end and have a track record of delivering in fast-moving environments • Solid 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 works well 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 Extra credit experience: • Experience with LLMs, generative AI, and AI-powered applications • Speech/audio processing technologies and real-time communication systems • NoSQL databases and Kubernetes • Google Cloud Platform What’s in it for you? • 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: $160k - $190k • 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!)