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VAPI

Founding Senior Engineer (Backend)

VAPI, California, Missouri, United States, 65018

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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 Engineer (Backend) 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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