Staff Backend Engineer, Air
$160-240k
Cloud-based storage for images and videos
Be an early applicant
Cloud-based storage for images and videos
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$160-240k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make creativity easy, fast and fun. Air rethink traditional cloud storage, and make it easier for companies to get from a brainstorm to the final deliverable.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years experience working with Node.js and TypeScript in a professional capacity
- Extensive experience designing and implementing distributed backend services and APIs
- Strong understanding of data modeling concepts and experience with AWS Aurora, Postgres, and Elasticsearch
- Proven experience with event-driven architectures, message queues, and distributed systems
- Deep knowledge of AWS services (Lambda, S3, EC2, RDS, SQS, SNS, etc.) and cloud infrastructure
- Experience designing and maintaining systems that support ML pipelines and large-scale data processing
- Track record of scaling backend infrastructure to handle increasing load and complexity
- Demonstrated capacity to clearly communicate complex technical challenges and propose effective solutions
- At Air, we believe that it takes a diversity of thought, culture, race, sexual orientation, and outlook to build a world-class business. We value unique contributions and welcome people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join us at Air
What the job involves
- At Air, we’re redefining how creative teams organize and access their work
- As a Staff Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in building intelligent systems that power our platform, delivering cutting-edge search and discovery capabilities to teams worldwide
- You’ll join a talented team of engineers and work closely with our cofounders, product, and other cross-functional teams
- You’ll have the opportunity to lead the design of robust, scalable systems that integrate AI capabilities into our core platform, balancing strong engineering fundamentals with a practical understanding of product goals and constraints
- This role is for you if you have extensive experience in backend engineering and Node.js/Typescript
- You're passionate about designing robust data models, implementing event-driven architectures, and scaling backend infrastructure to support sophisticated AI enrichment pipelines
- You're used to collaborating with product managers and engineers to prioritize and navigate ambiguities
- You excel at moving fast and pivoting based on quick learnings, adapting to changing requirements with agility
- You're obsessed with building resilient, scalable systems
Our take
Every day, marketers waste countless hours organizing, finding, approving, and sharing content — this mindless work gets in the way of the creative process. Air's product automates these tasks, giving creators back time to do what they do best: create.
Air works as a cloud collaboration platform that negates the need to move items to and from the cloud when working with visual content. Teams can use the platform to search, review, and manage all their content in one place. Users can migrate their content from Dropbox or hard drives, and once all assets are in Air, the platform automates the work and keeps the library organized.
Air's 2022 round of funding from Tiger Global Group and Headline is being used to build out more product features and expand the team. Further, over recent years that has been a rapid surge in the cloud collaboration market, which is forecast to surpass $50 billion by 2025. Air is therefore operating well in a market that is expected to see significant growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2025
$35m
SERIES B
Jan 2022
$10m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $70.5m
Company benefits
- Air contributes 90% to medical, dental, and vision insurance and 75% to dependent coverage
- Employees also have life insurance, disability insurance, and membership to One Medical
- 401k program
- Commuter benefits
- Generous work from home stipend
- Professional development reimbursement
- Unlimited vacation days
Company HQ
Gowanus, NY
Leadership
Shane Hegde
(CEO & Co-Founder)Studied Science at Stanford. Co-Founder & CEO of Swap Mobile. An Investor at HPS Investment Partners. Chief Digital Strategist at REVOLT MEDIA & TV.
Tyler Strand
(CTO & Co-Founder)Studied Computer Science at Stanford. Co-founder & CEO of hostess.fm. Worked for over a year at Beatport, from Product Manager to Director of Product. Was Partner & Director of Product Management at Postlight.
Share this job
View 5 more jobs at Air