Remote Backend Engineer for AI-Powered Platform

whippy; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Whippy, a remote-first AI-powered business communications platform, seeks a Backend Engineer to craft scalable APIs and maintain high-quality documentation. You’ll take ideas from research through implementation to rollout, writing clear Engineering Requirement Documents and building robust test suites.

You’ll work with a globally distributed team, design a Postgres/OpenSearch-backed API, and contribute to metrics and product analytics to measure impact.

Qualifications

• Ability to design and document web APIs.
• Strong written and verbal English communication.
• Willingness to work in a distributed remote team.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable APIs and maintainability.
• Write Engineering Requirement Documents from idea to rollout.
• Create test suites and integrate analytics to measure success.
• Collaborate across product and engineering teams.

Skills

API design

Communication skills

Documentation

Tools

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch

REST APIs

Job description

Whippy, a remote-first AI-powered business communications platform, seeks a Backend Engineer to craft scalable APIs and maintain high-quality documentation. You’ll take ideas from research through implementation to rollout, writing clear Engineering Requirement Documents and building robust test suites.

You’ll work with a globally distributed team, design a Postgres/OpenSearch-backed API, and contribute to metrics and product analytics to measure impact.