Senior or Staff Backend Software Engineer, Prepared

• 5+ years of software engineering industry experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in or eagerness to learn our backend stack (Ruby on Rails, Golang)
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems
• Desire to work in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Desirable

• We are looking to hire backend-focused software engineers at a variety of levels who share our passion for our mission
• This is an opportunity to join a small, growing engineering team (currently 20 engineers) and make a large impact while operating with a high degree of autonomy and ownership
• In this role, you will tackle challenging engineering problems in spaces like audio/video processing and generative AI to bring new features and products from inception to scale, thoughtfully balancing speed and the high bar for stability necessitated by the mission-critical nature of our products
• As an early member of the team, you will also play a key role in shaping the foundation of Prepared’s engineering culture
• Collaborate cross-functionally to architect and launch new user-facing features and products
• Design and drive initiatives to improve the availability and reliability of our backend systems
• Continuously help improve the engineering processes and tools that allow us to scale the codebase and team
• Provide mentorship to less experienced engineers