Staff Platform Engineer: Scalable Backend & APIs – Unlimited PTO

David AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 315,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health/Dental/Vision coverage

FSA/HSA access

401k plan

Meals via DoorDash

Barry’s classes

Job summary

David AI is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Platform to design clean APIs, build scalable services, and keep systems performant while handling petabytes of audio data. You’ll own backend architecture and collaborate with product, ML, and operations teams.

The role offers a high-growth environment with hands-on ownership of data pipelines and production-grade deployments using modern stacks like Next.js, Node.js, AWS, and PostgreSQL. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend development building scalable APIs and services.
• Proficient with RESTful APIs, service interfaces, and database design (PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and service-oriented architecture.
• Extensive cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code experience.
• Proficient in profiling, debugging, and optimizing backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain production-grade backend services powering data collection to customer insights.
• Own the architecture and performance of distributed systems ingesting and serving audio data at scale.
• Define and evolve internal APIs and service boundaries to support ML and product features.
• Build resilient, observable systems with strong performance characteristics.
• Collaborate with product, operations, and ML teams to rapidly iterate on ideas and ship fast.

Skills

Backend APIs

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Cloud & IaC

Profiling & debugging

Tools

Next.js

TypeScript

Node.js

PostgreSQL

AWS

Job description

David AI is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Platform to design clean APIs, build scalable services, and keep systems performant while handling petabytes of audio data. You’ll own backend architecture and collaborate with product, ML, and operations teams.

The role offers a high-growth environment with hands-on ownership of data pipelines and production-grade deployments using modern stacks like Next.js, Node.js, AWS, and PostgreSQL. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.