Senior Backend Engineer - Conversational AI & Telephony

Slang AI; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Slang AI in New York is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape our core product areas, including telephony infrastructure and real-time voice AI. You'll devote most of your time to backend services and own features end-to-end, mentoring peers and guiding technical direction.

You'll collaborate with product managers and engineers, participate in design reviews, and contribute to cloud-native, scalable systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Experience with REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with Docker and cloud platforms.
• Strong testing practices and debugging skills.
• AI-native mindset and mentoring ability.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend services for core product areas.
• Own features end to end and mentor engineers on the team.
• Develop GraphQL APIs and integrate telephony/voice AI components.
• Deploy containerized applications on Google Cloud Platform or similar.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to shape roadmaps.

Skills

Backend development

OO design

REST/GraphQL APIs

Docker

Cloud platforms

Testing practices

AI fluency

Mentoring

Tools

Twilio/Telnyx

Job description

Slang AI in New York is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape our core product areas, including telephony infrastructure and real-time voice AI. You'll devote most of your time to backend services and own features end-to-end, mentoring peers and guiding technical direction.

You'll collaborate with product managers and engineers, participate in design reviews, and contribute to cloud-native, scalable systems.