VAPI
Company Overview
Apple Intelligence and Google Gemini are about to onboard 4 billion people to voice assistants that actually talk like people. This marks a new beginning for voice as the worlds default interface. We will
all
want voice
everywhere . Businesses are not ready. Products are not ready. Were building the infrastructure that helps developers close the gap between the raw model and voice AI in production. We launched in March, scaled revenue, and raised a Series A from a top-tier firm this past week. Were a small team of 17 and growing. We're building out the founding team in-person in SF to scale whats working. Mission
The Senior Backend Engineer will own features end-to-end from customer requests to their deployment, building on a modular API-first architecture, working within real-time low-latency constraints. Youll also be a foundational part of how we build the culture at Vapi. Outcomes
Own and deliver entire features + projects
Ship optimizations and refactors
Talk to customers
Build things that delight customers
Competencies
Experience with Typescript + Node or similar backend framework
Communication: You can clearly articulate what youre thinking
and
feeling
Cracked-ness: Youre more cracked than the most cracked person on the team
Startup Ready: You have a reason to be here and can make sacrifices for something uncertain
Founder Juice: New ideas come from you, you build it yourself or annoy everyone until its done ;)
Qualifications:
Previous Founding/Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer
1+ years of experience at company
5+ years experience in Full-Stack / Backend Software Engineering
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Apple Intelligence and Google Gemini are about to onboard 4 billion people to voice assistants that actually talk like people. This marks a new beginning for voice as the worlds default interface. We will
all
want voice
everywhere . Businesses are not ready. Products are not ready. Were building the infrastructure that helps developers close the gap between the raw model and voice AI in production. We launched in March, scaled revenue, and raised a Series A from a top-tier firm this past week. Were a small team of 17 and growing. We're building out the founding team in-person in SF to scale whats working. Mission
The Senior Backend Engineer will own features end-to-end from customer requests to their deployment, building on a modular API-first architecture, working within real-time low-latency constraints. Youll also be a foundational part of how we build the culture at Vapi. Outcomes
Own and deliver entire features + projects
Ship optimizations and refactors
Talk to customers
Build things that delight customers
Competencies
Experience with Typescript + Node or similar backend framework
Communication: You can clearly articulate what youre thinking
and
feeling
Cracked-ness: Youre more cracked than the most cracked person on the team
Startup Ready: You have a reason to be here and can make sacrifices for something uncertain
Founder Juice: New ideas come from you, you build it yourself or annoy everyone until its done ;)
Qualifications:
Previous Founding/Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer
1+ years of experience at company
5+ years experience in Full-Stack / Backend Software Engineering
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