Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer (Backend) role at TavusJoin to apply for the Senior Software Engineer (Backend) role at TavusThis range is provided by Tavus. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.Base pay range$160,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yrAbout UsAt Tavus, we're building the human layer of AI. Our mission is to make human-AI interaction as natural as face-to-face interaction, enabling the human touch where it has been previously unscalable. We achieve this through pioneering research in multi-modal AI models for human perception and understanding, combined with state-of-the-art human avatar rendering and communication models. Our models power everything from text-to-video AI avatars to real-time conversational video experiences across industries like healthcare, recruiting, sales, education, and more. By enabling AI to see, hear, and communicate with human-like authenticity, we're creating the foundation for the next generation of AI employees, assistants, and companions.We're a Series A company backed by top investors, including Sequoia, Y Combinator, and Scale VC. Join us in driving the future of human-AI interaction. Check it out for yourself The RoleWe're hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to be a technical driver across teams. You're the glue that makes discrete teams feel like one continuous team. You'll tackle ambiguous problems across our range of backend and partner closely with the frontend and conversational video interface team.Here are a few examples of features this role has shipped:API Platform - Our customer facing APIs that lets customers build conversational experiences in their own productBilling System - Collecting money is important, doing it reliably is even more important.Replica Training Pipeline - Partnered across Engineering and Research to build out reliable pipelines for creating new customer Replicas.Your MissionWork across the backend to ship rock solid features that both self-serve and enterprise customers will use (ex: Updates to our Billing system, new account management systems, endpoint perf optimization)Work with the Conversational Video Interface and the Frontend Platform team to get SoTA models into users' handsDrive architectural decisions across the stackRequirementsYou're a scrappy backend generalist who can hop between Python and Typescript fluentlyYou thrive in an ambiguous and fast changing space. The state of the art changes on a dime and you react with itYou bring a senior mindset: you set direction, own decisions, and gets things over the finish lineYou have incredibly communication skills and can communicate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical team membersNice-to-HavesExperience with React and fullstack web developmentExperience with video streaming or WebRTCExperience working with LLMsBroad knowledge of generative AI modelsBenefitsWhen you join Tavus, you’re joining a family. Our work is driven by our team, and our success is shared by all. This position has a flexible work schedule, unlimited PTO, competitive healthcare and gear stipends, as well as, of course, plenty of fun! At the end of the day, we want Tavus to be a place for you to learn, directly drive impact, and be with a team you love.To learn more about our team culture, and benefits, check out our hiring page!Tavus is growing fast, and we’d like you to grow with us! Are you excited to get your hands dirty? Drop your resume and we’ll be in touch!We are not looking for cultural fits, we are looking for culture creators. In fact, diversity is what drives our success – it’s at the core of how we hire, communicate, and work. 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