Lead Back End Engineer
New York, NY

Job Description

One of the world's leading conversation platforms for engaging and understanding large groups of people - including customers, employees, prospects, or constituents. The platform uses AI and machine learning to analyze, understand, and segment participant responses to questions and prompts, online and in real time. Through this process, our customers are able to quickly draw out actionable insights as they engage thousands of participants simultaneously.

We are a team of passionate, motivated, and intelligent people, with a touch of quirk (i.e., we are fun!). We are all united by a mission to build a platform that can help people truly understand each other - across political, geographical, and cultural divides - to help make the world a better, more understanding place.

Has secured $10 million in Series A funding. We are excited to be disrupting the $70+ billion insights industry. We know what we're building is special, and we're looking for energetic people to help us create something extraordinary.

Job Description:

We seek a highly-skilled backend engineer to lead our team to automate key workflows on our machine learning platform and build integrations with third-party data providers.

The role comes with immediate ownership and impact which should strongly motivate the right candidate. Major responsibilities include developing our integration strategy with a variety of data providers, designing our own API for integrations for resellers, and automating mission-critical internal workflows.

Successful candidates will possess solid knowledge of software engineering best practices, Linux, open-source software, and cloud architecture and design. Good communication skills and empathy are highly desired, as this engineer will lead other engineers and work with our product and other technical teams. Creativity and good problem-solving skills are also highly desired.

Requirements:

* BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering
* 5-10 years minimum of professional experience in a Backend role
* 5 years minimum developing on one of the following cloud platforms: Google Cloud (preferred), AWS, Azure
* 2 years minimum leading engineering teams or managing engineers on projects
* Strong backend engineering background, with specific experience designing B2C platforms and managing close integrations with 3rd-party SaaS services
* Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Preferred Skills:

* Django experience
* Machine learning experience

The Benefits

* Medical Dental Vision Coverage
* 401K plan
* Flexible work arrangements pending supervisor approval
* An enviable snack pantry
* An energetic team that celebrates, often
* Stipend for ongoing learning
* An office in the heart of Manhattan's Flatiron District

Andiamo is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Andiamo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Andiamo complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting their resume as an MS word document including a cover letter with a summary of relevant qualifications, highlighting clearly any special or relevant experience.