Senior Backend Engineer

Bevel; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & equity

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Commuter benefits

Paid lunch and dinner

Work-life balance

Unlimited PTO

401k plan

Pet-friendly office in Chelsea

Job summary

Bevel, an AI Health Companion based in NYC, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to own backend systems—from data infra to product endpoints—and to shape the company’s ambitious roadmap with ownership and autonomy.

You will build robust logic for health data processing, improve AI/ML model performance, and contribute to scalable, secure, and maintainable backend architecture across the stack.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience designing, building, and running a large-scale backend system.
• Expertise in Typescript or Python.
• Strong math and statistics background; data-driven approach.

Responsibilities

• Ship features across the entire backend stack, from data infra to product endpoints.
• Build extensible and robust business logic for processing health data.
• Prototype, productionize, and run experiments to improve AI/ML model performance.

Skills

Typescript

Python

Backend design

Algorithms

Data processing

Communication

Bias for action

Team collaboration

Job description

About Bevel

Bevel is an AI Health Companion that helps people make smarter decisions about their health every day. Our app brings together data across sleep, recovery, activity, nutrition, and more, and turns it into real-time, personalized guidance. Whether you're training for something big or just trying to feel better, Bevel helps you move with clarity and confidence.

We’re a small team of builders and creatives based in NYC. We are extremely passionate about our craft and view Bevel as part of our life’s work. We care deeply about maintaining harmony in all aspects of life and know when to work hard and when to take breaks.

Bevel launched last year, and we’ve been lucky to see incredible growth and support from our users. We’re looking for incredible Senior Backend Engineers to help us build an ambitious roadmap. You’ll get an opportunity to shape the future of Bevel and have full ownership and creative freedom to create your life’s work.

Responsibilities

• Ship features across the entire backend stack, from data infra to product endpoints
• Build extensible and robust business logic for processing health data
• Prototype, productionize, and run experiments to improve accuracy, speed, and cost of AI/ML models.
• Establish best practices for scalability, security, testing, and ML ops (model versioning, monitoring, alerting)
• Continuously iterate on the engineering process and culture

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience designing, building, and running a large-scale backend system
• Expertise coding in Typescript or Python
• Strong intuition for algorithms and working with data
• Brilliant at math and statistics
• Obsessive with your craft
• Great at communicating ideas
• A strong bias for action
• Know when to ask for help and how to help others
• Excited about improving the health & fitness of others

Benefits

• Exciting work environment
• Competitive salary & equity
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Paid lunch and dinner
• Work-life balance
• Pet-friendly office in Chelsea
• Unlimited PTO
• 401k plan

Bevel celebrates and embraces diversity and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of experiences, backgrounds, and skills. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.