Senior Backend Engineer

Kizen
Austin
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 180,000 - 220,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Organization","Time management","Problem-solving"]

Build and scale backend systems for an AI-first platform used by enterprises in regulated industries. Partner with product and frontend leaders to deliver user-facing features end-to-end, craft flexible and reliable code, and troubleshoot issues to minimize customer impact. Write tests and evaluations to maintain stability as the codebase evolves, and improve nondeterministic components using experimental methods.

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Kizen
Kizen
2 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

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Job Summary

Build and scale backend systems for an AI-first platform used by enterprises in regulated industries. Partner with product and frontend leaders to deliver user-facing features end-to-end, craft flexible and reliable code, and troubleshoot issues to minimize customer impact. Write tests and evaluations to maintain stability as the codebase evolves, and improve nondeterministic components using experimental methods.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Iteratively improve solutions that use nondeterministic components using experimental methods.
  • •Partner with engineering leaders and product to deliver reliable, maintainable software and feasible features.
  • •Work with frontend leadership to ensure the user-facing experience uses backend features as intended.
  • •Craft flexible, reliable, and scalable backend code while writing tests and evaluations for stability.
  • •Troubleshoot technical issues by creating resolution plans to address acute customer impact and support long-term success.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 220,000 annually
Perks:EquityHealth InsurancePaid LeaveLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree or greater in Computer Science (preferred), Information Technology, or related field (Physics, mathematics, engineering).
  • •5–7+ years of professional development experience (Python preferred).
  • •Experience facilitating a task’s full lifecycle from product requirements through deployment.
  • •Experience shipping LLM-enabled features in production and building reliable, scalable systems.
  • •Exceptional collaboration, organizational, time management, and communication skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity.
Experience:5+ yearsAILLMEnterprise softwareDeveloper tools
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science (preferred), Information Technology, or related field
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationOrganizationTime managementProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonLLMDjangoLangGraphLiteLLMPostgresRedisS3MemcacheKubernetesRAGMCPAgentic

Company Brief

Kizen
Kizen provides an all-in-one revenue operations platform combining CRM, marketing automation, conversational AI, and analytics to help businesses automate growth, manage customer data, and optimize sales and marketing workflows.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Chicago, United States
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