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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Wild Zebra — United States · Posted ~1 day ago

Senior Full-time Onsite $150000-$180000 + equity

Skills

Python Backend development API development Data modeling Application architecture Terraform Cloud infrastructure LLM integration AI services Performance optimization Reliability Monitoring Testing Deployment LLMs TypeScript React

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Summary

Join a small, high-impact engineering team building AI-powered learning technology. As a senior backend engineer, you will design and maintain Python services, APIs, data models, and application architecture; manage cloud infrastructure with Terraform; and integrate LLMs and AI services into production. You will also contribute to TypeScript and React applications while improving reliability, performance, monitoring, testing, and deployment.

Highlights

High-impact senior engineering role at a growing AI-focused education technology startup, with competitive compensation and equity. You will own backend architecture and services while working with cloud infrastructure, LLMs, AI services, and modern web technologies in a small engineering team.

Description

Location: Seattle, WA Work Style: Primarily in-office Compensation: $150,000–$180,000 + equity Wild Zebra is a two-year-old AI-powered EdTech startup that recently raised its second round of funding. We are building a personalized AI-powered learning partner for students in grades 2-12. Our software is used by schools and students across the country, and we are building systems that support a new generation of AI-powered learning. Our engineering team is under 10 engineers. This role is based in Seattle and is primarily in-office. What you'll do Design, build, and maintain backend services in Python. Design and develop APIs, data models, and application architecture. Manage and evolve cloud infrastructure using Terraform. Integrate LLMs and AI services into production systems. Improve performance, reliability, monitoring, testing, and deployment. Contribute to web applications built with TypeScript and React. Be an integral part of the product development. Requirements BS in Computer Science or related technical field. 6+ years of professional software engineering experience. Already living in the Seattle area; we are not offering relocation assistance. Nice to Have Experience Building products with LLMs or other AI technologies. Designing distributed or asynchronous systems. Working in education technology. Compensation and Benefits $150,000–$180,000 base salary, depending on experience. Significant equity component. Benefits package and paid time off.