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Senior Backend Engineer

Clera · San Francisco, CA · 1 wk ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time

About The Role

Join the engineering team of a Series A B2B SaaS company building an AI-powered omnichannel customer communication platform for SMEs. You'll work on core backend technologies that power messaging, automation, and AI-driven workflows — shipping features end-to-end in a high-ownership environment and contributing to long-term architecture decisions.

What You'll Do

  • Build and deliver new backend features that reach customers directly.
  • Improve platform performance and reliability to enhance the user experience at scale.
  • Participate in long-term architecture discussions and help define technical direction.
  • Shape internal development processes and establish best practices across the engineering team.
  • Bring your own ideas to influence product and platform decisions.

What We're Looking For

  • Required: Proficiency in Java and TypeScript — both are essential for this role.
  • Required: Experience with Quarkus or Spring Boot (or comparable JVM frameworks).
  • Required: Hands-on experience with AWS and Terraform for cloud infrastructure.
  • Strong PostgreSQL experience.
  • Familiarity with AI libraries such as LangGraph.
  • Background building scalable backend systems for communications or messaging platforms.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and a track record delivering features end-to-end at senior level.

Tech Stack

  • Backend: Java, Kotlin, Quarkus, Spring Boot, TypeScript
  • Cloud & Infra: AWS (RDS/PostgreSQL, S3, SQS, SNS, SES, Lambda, CloudFront), Terraform
  • AI/Search: LangGraph, OpenSearch
  • Observability & tooling: DataDog, Sentry, GitHub Actions, LaunchDarkly

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