Senior Backend Platform Engineer: AI for Construction

Trunk Tools, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option equity

Medical plans

Dental and Vision Insurance

Learning stipend

Flexible remote/hybrid

Free lunch in NYC/Austin

Unlimited PTO

In-person retreats

Job summary

Trunk Tools, Inc. in New York is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own and evolve our core backend services, shaping scalable architectures across teams. You’ll write code, design systems, and collaborate closely with product to move fast.

You will work across stacks, embrace ambiguity, and leverage AI coding agents to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality. This role offers hybrid options in NYC and Austin, competitive compensation, and equity.

Qualifications

• Deep backend experience with complex systems.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, Python, and Go.
• Experience with Rust is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve core backend services and platform infrastructure the rest of engineering depends on.
• Architect distributed backend systems and services that hold up under high traffic and data volume.
• Design asynchronous, event-driven systems using queues, workers, and messaging where they fit.
• Integrate third-party platforms and services, and own reliability challenges at scale.
• Build self-service platform capabilities so product teams can ship without waiting on you.
• Shape our data architecture across relational and document stores: schema design and storage choices.
• Keep the platform observable and dependable through instrumentation, SLOs, and incident response.
• Raise the engineering bar by setting standards, reviewing code, and mentoring engineers.
• Own complex cross-team projects from concept through production.
• Use AI coding agents, including Claude Code, as a normal part of how you build.

Skills

Backend development

TypeScript

Python

Go

Rust

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

Trunk Tools, Inc. in New York is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own and evolve our core backend services, shaping scalable architectures across teams. You’ll write code, design systems, and collaborate closely with product to move fast.

You will work across stacks, embrace ambiguity, and leverage AI coding agents to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality. This role offers hybrid options in NYC and Austin, competitive compensation, and equity.