Backend Engineer

Interview Copilot AI builds a privacy-first desktop assistant that helps candidates perform at their best in live job interviews. The product turns live conversation context into fast, structured, résumé-aware guidance while keeping reliability and privacy at the core.
What you’ll own
You will own backend services that support real-time product experiences, from APIs and data models to integrations, observability, and dependable operation.
Key responsibilities
• Design, build, and maintain APIs using Cloudflare Workers and TypeScript.
• Model and evolve product data in PostgreSQL.
• Improve real-time and streaming systems for transcription, question detection, and answer delivery.
• Build reliable integrations with AI, speech, and other external providers.
• Strengthen testing, observability, security, performance, and failure recovery.
• Diagnose production issues and make pragmatic architecture decisions as the product evolves.
Required skills
• Experience shipping and operating production backend systems.
• Strong API design and general software-engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
• Practical understanding of reliability, testing, and observability.
• Clear written communication and comfort owning work independently.
Nice to have
• Cloudflare Workers or another serverless platform.
• WebSockets, event-driven systems, or real-time streaming.
• Third-party integrations with fallback and retry strategies.
• Speech, transcription, or LLM-powered products.
Remote working
This is a full-time, fully remote role. Applicants are welcome from anywhere in the world. The team values thoughtful written communication, dependable execution, and autonomy.
Hiring process
The hiring process is conducted remotely through video interviews, including conversations about your experience, system thinking, and relevant backend work.
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