[Remote] Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Doowii, Inc is building a conversational analytics platform for education, enabling non-technical users to query complex datasets using natural language. The Senior Software Engineer role focuses on technical leadership and building core systems that power the Doowii platform, with responsibilities including system architecture, backend service development, and data infrastructure optimization.ResponsibilitiesDefine architectureLead development projects and make critical technical decisionsEnsure the system scales across customers, data, and use casesIdentify opportunities to elevate user experienceDesign and build scalable backend services, APIs, and platform capabilities that power the Doowii applicationLead development of high-impact, cross-cutting technical initiatives across application, data, and infrastructure layersDesign and maintain patterns for integrations, data modeling, reliability, observability, and performanceOwn system performance, monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational excellenceImprove deployment, testing, and CI/CD workflows to increase engineering velocity and reliabilityPartner with product, frontend, and AI engineers to deliver AI-powered product capabilitiesGuide how data is structured, accessed, transformed, and optimized across the platformInfluence architecture decisions related to analytics infrastructure, AI systems, and large-scale data processingDesign and maintain analytical data models to support reporting, natural language querying, and customer-facing analyticsOptimize storage, compute, and query performance across operational and analytical workloadsDevelop and maintain ingestion and transformation pipelines across multiple systems and data sourcesSupport schema evolution, data quality, lineage, and governance requirements as the platform scalesBuild and maintain integrations with customer systems, third-party APIs, identity providers, and external data platformsDesign services that support AI-powered experiences including retrieval systems, semantic search, vector-based workflows, and LLM-driven product featuresCollaborate with AI engineers to operationalize models, evaluation frameworks, and production AI workflowsMentor engineers and elevate engineering standards across architecture, reliability, testing, and operational excellenceProvide technical leadership on complex engineering initiativesPartner closely with product and leadership teams to align technical investments with business objectivesContribute to engineering culture through documentation, design reviews, and knowledge sharingSkillsBS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)5+ years of software engineering experience, primarily focused on backend systemsStrong proficiency in Python and experience building production backend services and APIsDeep experience with SQL, relational databases, and data-intensive applicationsExperience designing and operating distributed systems in production environmentsExperience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern deployment workflowsExperience designing and maintaining APIs, integrations, authentication systems, and data synchronization workflowsExperience with observability, monitoring, incident response, and operational reliability practicesExperience with schema evolution, change data capture (CDC), event-driven architectures, or high-throughput data processing systemsBias toward automation, clear documentation, maintainable systems, and rapid iteration in a startup environmentExperience building, integrating, or operationalizing AI/LLM-powered applications, workflows, or servicesMaster's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related fieldExperience building analytics platforms, data products, BI systems, or customer-facing reporting solutionsExperience working with modern data infrastructure and orchestration technologiesHands-on with at least two of: Kafka or Pub/Sub, Apache NiFi, Airflow, Mage.AI, Beam, Spark, Flink, dbt, Iceberg/ClickHouseExperience implementing retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, vector databases, or agent-based systemsExperience supporting enterprise-scale integrations, SSO (OAuth/SAML), or customer onboarding workflowsExperience optimizing large-scale data processing, storage, and query performanceCompany OverviewData shouldn’t slow you down. It was founded in 2023, and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.doowii.io/.Company H1B SponsorshipDoowii, Inc has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 1 in 2024. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.