Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Aurasell Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Remote-friendly flexibility

Job summary

A leading AI-native CRM firm is searching for a Backend Engineer who excels at building and scaling innovative products. In this role, you will take ownership and design high-performance distributed systems. The candidate should have strong skills in data modeling, API design, and the adaptability to thrive in a fast-moving startup environment. Benefits include a full package with health, dental, and vision, along with remote-friendly flexibility, offering a unique opportunity to shape an AI-driven product from inception.

Qualifications

• Experience in building products from concept to production.
• Comfort with ambiguity and speed in iteration.
• Understanding of indexing strategies and query optimization.
• Familiar with multi-tenant SaaS and billing integrations.
• Strong data modeling, indexing, and query optimization knowledge.
• Ability to design clean, versioned API contracts with backward compatibility.
• Proactive about observability, tracing, and performance.
• Makes sound engineering tradeoffs and avoids over-engineering.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale products with a distributed architecture.
• Design clean API contracts and ensure backward compatibility.
• Accountable for delivering measurable outcomes.

Skills

Product development

Startup adaptability

Data modeling

API design

Distributed systems understanding

Ownership mentality

Technical judgment

Technical judgment

Performance optimization

Observability & tooling

Tools

SSO / SAML

Audit logs

Job description

Backend Engineer who builds and scales 0→1 products with a distributed architecture and high performance

Aurasell is pioneering the world's first AI-native CRM platform. This full-featured Go-To-Market (GTM) application and true AI system of record is purpose-built for the new agentic era in business software. Founded in the post-2022 AI era, Aurasell eliminates the need for complex legacy frameworks, consolidating the GTM stack into a single, intelligent solution. Our platform automates routine tasks, unifies data, coaches best practices, and empowers teams to prioritize human-to-human selling. Aurasell has secured a $30 million Seed round from N47, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.

What’s it like to work at Aurasell?

We’re a product-led, engineering-first team where ideas move fast and impact is immediate. You’ll work with a group of thoughtful, curious, and ambitious people who are excited about solving hard problems. Everyone at Aurasell is empowered to take ownership, ask why, and ship value quickly.

We value craft, clarity, and autonomy. There’s a strong feedback culture, and we’re intentional about building an environment where people feel trusted, supported, and challenged.

What are the role requirements?

0-to-1 Builder

• Has taken products or features from concept to production
• Not limited to maintaining existing systems

Startup Experience

• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Moves quickly and iterates fast
• Wears multiple hats when needed
• Ships under real-world constraints
• Has built systems that handle meaningful production load
• Understands profiling, caching, and performance optimization

Data Modeling & Database Expertise

• Understands indexing strategies
• Skilled in query optimization
• Experienced with migration patterns

API Design

• Designs clean, well-defined contracts
• Understands versioning and backward compatibility

SaaS Product Sense

• Experience with multi-tenancy
• Familiar with billing integrations
• Strong grasp of customer lifecycle

Distributed Systems

• Familiar with event-driven architectures
• Understands observability best practices

Ownership Mentality

• Accountable for outcomes

Technical Judgment

• Makes sound engineering tradeoffs
• Avoids over-engineering
• Knows when “good enough” is ready to ship

Enterprise Experience (Nice to Have)

• SSO / SAML
• Audit logs
• Compliance requirements
• Complex approval workflows

What will an offer consist of?

• Full benefits package (health, dental, vision)
• Remote-friendly flexibility
• Opportunity to shape a fast-growing, AI-driven product from the ground up

Go from human to superhuman operators in under two hours.
Start without risk, scale without limits.