Software Engineer - Backend (Product)

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

As a Backend Engineer at Ambient.ai you will own a core product area, designing and shipping APIs and services that power enterprise security teams. You’ll collaborate with product, design, and frontend peers to turn ambiguous problems into reliable, high‑performance backend solutions.

Role Snapshot

• Backend Engineer
• Product area ownership
• API & service design
• Performance & reliability
• Cross‑functional collaboration

Must-Have Requirements

• Python
• Flask/Django/FastAPI
• API design (REST, GraphQL, gRPC)
• Data modeling (SQL, NoSQL, time-series, vector stores)
• AWS/GCP/Azure
• Production debugging
• backend engineering
• user‑facing web or mobile products

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Real-time systems (WebSockets, SSE, pub/sub, streaming)
• TypeScript & modern frontend (React/Vue)
• Video infrastructure / computer vision
• Scaling multi‑tenant SaaS
• real‑time systems
• scaling SaaS
• video/computer vision

Work Setup

• Location: Redwood City, United States
• Work mode: HYBRID
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Visa sponsorship: unknown

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Salary range
• Remote eligibility
• Education requirement
• Certifications
• Relocation
• Notice period
• Travel
• Security clearance
• Coding test
• Portfolio
• GitHub
• Writing sample
• Cover letter

What You'll Likely Work On

• Design and ship backend APIs and services from prototype to enterprise rollout
• Own a product area end‑to‑end, handling data modeling, API design, performance, reliability, and operational health
• Partner with product, design, and frontend teams to translate ambiguous problems into concrete technical plans
• Tune performance and reliability under real‑time production load, including alert pipelines
• Build monitoring, logging, and alerting to catch issues before customers do
• Contribute to architecture reviews, code reviews, and team standards

Good Fit If You Have

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience with user‑facing products
• Strong Python skills and production experience with Flask, Django, or FastAPI
• Solid API design instincts across REST, GraphQL, or gRPC
• Comfort modeling data across SQL, NoSQL, time‑series, and vector stores
• Experience debugging hard production issues and shipping fixes