Software Engineer - Product

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain backend APIs, services, and systems to support user-facing features.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

• Ensure backend systems are scalable, secure, and performant under high traffic conditions.

• Debug, diagnose, and resolve technical issues across the backend stack.

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, adhering to best practices.

• Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure high system reliability.

• Contribute to architectural discussions and decisions to drive product innovation.

• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and fostering a culture of excellence.

The impact you’ll make:

• You will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and optimizing backend systems that drive our AI-first, user-facing product.

• You will take ownership of a key product area, contributing to groundbreaking 0-1 features and scaling them to meet user and business demands.

• Your work will involve close collaboration with frontend engineers, product managers, and designers, ensuring seamless integration and delivering an exceptional user experience.

• Leveraging your expertise in Python and backend technologies, you’ll help build scalable, reliable, and efficient systems that power the core of our product.

• Your contributions will directly shape the future of our platform and its impact on our users.

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

• 3+ years of experience as a backend engineer working on user-facing web products.

• Proficiency in Python and frameworks like Flask, Django, or FastAPI.

• Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL APIs, gRPC, and working with real-time communication technologies.

• Strong understanding of databases (SQL and NoSQL) and efficient data modeling.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Ability to troubleshoot, debug, and optimize backend performance.

• Exposure to frontend technologies (e.g., React, Angular, or Vue.js) to understand end-to-end workflows.

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 Fortune 500 companies, including Adobe, VMware, and SentinelOne

• 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)

• The latest tech and awesome swag will be delivered to your door

• 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.

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