Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Auctor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early-stage equity

Competitive salary

Catered lunch and dinners

Job summary

A growing AI software company in New York, NY, seeks a talented Backend Software Engineer to lead engineering projects and develop innovative solutions. The position offers significant opportunities to work with cutting-edge technology in a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will have over 4 years of experience in software engineering, strong programming skills, and a track record of building fast-growing SaaS products. Competitive compensation ranging from $250,000 to $350,000, along with additional perks like equity and catered meals, are part of the package.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend-focused software engineering experience on product-centric teams.
• Experience evaluating LMs across document generation tasks.
• Ability to build backend platforms that support multiple product lines.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering projects across software offerings.
• Build backend infrastructure for AI-powered workflows.
• Develop multi-step planning agents for project management.

Skills

Backend-focused software engineering

Building fast-growing SaaS products

Strong programming skills

Architecting scalable systems

Experience with early-stage startups

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Confluence

Jira

SharePoint

Job description

Why Auctor

Auctor is building the AI layer for professional services and software implementation. Think of us as the brain behind the best solution engineers, forward-deployed engineers, and onboarding teams— automating the documentation, the discovery, and the decision-making that powers $400B+ in services work. We’re going after one of the biggest software categories of the decade. Some reasons to join Auctor are:

• Strategic investors: Raised from the best funds in the world
• Performance: 70%+ MoM ARR growth since founding
• Competitive compensation

Role Overview

As a Backend Software Engineer at Auctor, you will own and lead engineering projects across our software offerings. You will work closely with our operations, GTM, and deployed services teams to build state-of-the-art systems that provide value to our customers.

We’re looking for people who want to do the most meaningful work of their career—people who are sharp, fast, and relentless. No fluff. Just speed, execution, and a shot to build something generational.

This role is based in New York, NY, in person 5 days per week.

What You'll Do

• Retrieval over large corpora of enterprise documents
• Backend infrastructure for AI-powered collaborative workflows
• Building multi-step planning agents for enterprise project management
• Enterprise-grade security for sensitive organizational data
• EvaluatingLMs across document generation and synthesis tasks
• Data ingestion pipelines from enterprise integrations (Confluence, Jira, SharePoint, etc.)

What You'll Have

• 4+ years (post-BS/MS) of backend-focused software engineering experience on product-centric teams
• Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products
• Experience building backend platforms that can support multiple product lines
• Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge
• Experience architecting scalable systems to support rapid growth and enterprise-level traffic
• Grit - experience working at early-stage startups is a plus

Compensation Range

$250,000-$350,000

Benefits

• Early-stage equity
• Competitive, top-of-market salary
• Catered lunch and dinners