Lead Backend Engineer

San Mateo, California

Glocomms
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About the Role
Join an innovative team that is transforming phone-based sales with cutting-edge voice AI technology. Our AI agent engages in natural, open-ended conversations and consistently surpasses human call center representatives in conversion rates, thanks to its highly adaptable and responsive system. Backed by $6 million in seed funding from a prominent venture firm, we are assembling a top-tier engineering team.

What You'll Do
In this hands-on leadership position, you will have a significant impact by collaborating closely with the founding team to redesign and enhance backend systems that support millions of daily phone interactions. You'll also play a vital role in expanding the engineering team, mentoring junior developers, and shaping the technical roadmap.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and scale backend infrastructure to support real-time audio interactions
  • Create and maintain robust public APIs for seamless partner integrations
  • Develop connections to CRMs, dialers, scheduling tools, and custom APIs
  • Collaborate with backend engineers on real-time communication systems
  • Guide junior team members and assist in recruitment efforts
  • Work with DevOps to enhance deployment and scalability
  • Support frontend developers in building user-friendly web applications
  • Partner with machine learning engineers to integrate proprietary AI models
What We're Looking For
  • 5 - 7 years of experience in designing and scaling backend systems
  • A proven record of building high-throughput, public-facing APIs
  • Experience in a fast-paced startup environment is a plus (Seed or Series A+ preferred)
  • In-depth expertise in Python or Go
  • Excellent technical communication skills
Date Posted: 12 May 2025
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