Software Engineer: Backend

Whippy; Town of Poland (NY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A startup in AI-powered communication is looking for a Backend Engineer to create scalable APIs for new products and manage project documentation. Candidates should have excellent written communication skills and a strong understanding of web API architecture. The company offers a compensation range of $60K-$80K per year and emphasizes the importance of effective time management in a remote work setting. The role involves a paid work trial before hiring, to ensure a good mutual fit.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of web API architecture to create high-quality APIs.
• Desire to be involved in the entire project development process.
• Excellent written communication skills for mostly asynchronous work.

Responsibilities

• Craft scalable and intuitive APIs for new products.
• Write Engineering Requirement Documents for projects.
• Build test suites to maintain product performance.

Skills

Web API architecture

Written communication

Project development process understanding

Job description

Whippy is leading the way in AI-powered business communication, transforming how companies engage with customers using intelligent AI Agents. From customer support to marketing to sales, businesses rely on Whippy’s Voice AI and Chat AI to eliminate manual workflows—responding to inquiries, nurturing leads, screening job applicants, and automating high-value interactions at scale. By combining AI-driven messaging with omni-channel automation, Whippy replaces outdated tools with a single, powerful platform that helps businesses work smarter, faster, and more efficiently.

About the Role

As a Backend Engineer at Whippy you will:

Craft highly scalable and intuitive APIs to rapidly deploy new products and services.

Write Engineering Requirement Documents to take something from idea, to defined tasks, to implementation, to roll out and evaluating its success.

Build test suites that help us effectively maintain product performance and reliability, and integrate product analytics to measure the success of the features your launch.

Some backend engineers have built.

• A Public API and webhook interface to process 100s of millions of messages

• A query language on top of Postgres and OpenSearch

• A production link shortening URL service with custom domains support

About you

A strong understanding of web api architecture to high quality and well document APIs.

A desire to be a part of the entire project development process. From research gathering and planning, to implementation and monitoring.

Great written and verbal communication skills for expressing ideas, designs, and potential solutions in mostly-asynchronous manner.

What we offer?

Compensation is $60K-$80K/year based on experience

Opportunity to take on significant responsibility and ownership in a highly disruptive product.

Working hands-on with serial entrepreneurs who have created $100M+ valued companies

What to know?

To provide transparency, here are some important points to note about the position:

• We are a startup, and our team dynamics differ from those of companies in different sizes and stages. Our team is distributed across the globe, and this distributed nature will continue to grow. This means that there is always something happening, so effective time management in a remote and asynchronous engineering environment is essential.

• While English is the second language for many engineers on the team, fluency in written English is a requirement. While a very high degree of fluency in spoken English is also a plus, if you are not confident in your written English ability, please do not apply.

• We do not ask applicants to complete take-home assignments or participate in “leetcode” style interviews. However, we do require a two-week full-time or four-week part-time fully paid “work trial” of “mutual assessment.” More details about this mutual assessment period are outlined below. If you are unable to commit to this, please do not apply.

• We hire globally regardless of timezone, but we have team meetings on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays at 2:30 pm GMT. If you are unable to be online during these hours, please do not apply.

• Pay is determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, and abilities of the candidate.

What’s the process?

Here's the entire process if selected after a CV screen.

1. Submit your Resume or CV

2. Video call to talk about your experience and the role.

3. 2 week full time paid work trial.

4. Meet the team and review work.

5. Full Time Position Offer extended.

How does the paid assessment period work?

Before the trial we’ll discuss some options for a two week project. We’ll agree on the scope of the project before you start.

You’ll work independently, however you’ll have access to the team to ask questions and get support on anything you might need to complete the task efficiently.

At the end of the trial if we both enjoyed working together, we’ll offer you a full time position.

We’re aware that there are pros and cons to this process but we believe this is the best possible way for both parties to be excited about working together. If you are asking questions like “I’m applying for multiple jobs what happens if I get one can we speed up the trial?” Then you’re probably not going to be the right fit and you should take another role.