Senior / Software Engineer - Backend Product

Company: Ambient.ai

Location: Palo Alto

Closing Date: 18/10/2024

Salary: £150 - £200 Per Annum

Hours: Full Time

Type: Permanent

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(Full Time) Senior / Software Engineer - Backend Product at Ambient.ai (United States)

Senior / Software Engineer - Backend Product

Ambient.ai United States

Date Posted: 13 Jan, 2023

Work Location: Palo Alto, United States

Salary Offered: Not Specified

Job Type: Full Time

Experience Required: 3+ years

Remote Work: No

Stock Options: No

Vacancies: 1 available

Ambient.ai is a computer vision intelligence company transforming security operations for large enterprises by preventing security incidents before they happen. Ambient.ai has a globally deployed footprint with several F500 companies. The Ambient.ai platform applies AI and computer vision intelligence to existing sensor and camera infrastructure to deliver physical security monitoring and detect threats in real-time. Ambient.ai does this while simultaneously decreasing false alarms by over 95%, allowing security teams to focus on legitimate threats and on rapid response.

Position Overview:

Working under the leadership of Kiran Palan and Vikesh Khanna as a Backend Product Engineer, you will help build the product backend for one of the most promising products for the physical security industry. You will lead on multiple fronts from design sprints and customer conversations to building the services for a scaling product. The work spans from building new experiences for our users from the ground up and improving on existing ones.

The impact you'll make:

Brainstorm solutions and then pitch, plan, measure, and implement them in an iterative fashion
Create leverage for all of product engineering through your work on services, abstractions, and architecture
Implement REST and GraphQL APIs for clients
Design and implement available and fault-tolerant microservices and scalable databases to power web applications
Improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of all backend services and front-end clients.
Develop delightful product features end to end
Develop fault-tolerant build systems for web applications
Work with frontend engineers to integrate with UI and improve the product experience

The amazing skills you'll bring to Ambient.ai:

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field with a strong programming background
At least 4 years of experience building scalable and available web services
Expertise in REST or GraphQL and general web backend design principles
Experience with relational databases (MySQL / Postgres) and optimizing database queries
Strong experience with Python, Go, C++ or any other programming language used on the backend
Write clean, maintainable, and efficient algorithms using proper data structures
Design and implement complex systems (including a real-time WebSocket system, and communication systems)

Why join us:

We are creating an entirely new category within a 180+ billion-dollar physical security industry and looking for team members who are also passionate about our mission to prevent every security incident possible
We have an impressive customer roster of F500 companies including Adobe, VMware, and LinkedIn
Regular Full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share ownership in the success of our company
We offer generous time off to rest and recharge including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles depending on customer demand)
Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers

Ambient.ai is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ambient does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ambient is an E-Verify participant.