Senior/Staff Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join Prepared, a rapidly growing tech company revolutionizing emergency response with AI-powered solutions, as a backend-focused software engineer. You'll contribute to a small, impactful team, working with cutting-edge technologies like audio/video processing and generative AI. This role offers significant autonomy and ownership, allowing you to shape the engineering culture. You will design and launch new features, improve system reliability, and mentor junior engineers. Prepared offers a competitive salary, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering industry experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in or eagerness to learn our backend stack (Ruby on Rails, Golang)
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems
• Desire to work in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally to architect and launch new user-facing features and products
• Design and drive initiatives to improve the availability and reliability of our backend systems
• Continuously help improve the engineering processes and tools that allow us to scale the codebase and team
• Provide mentorship to less experienced engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at an early-stage startup
• Expertise in Ruby on Rails and/or Golang

Benefits

• Remote-First Culture
• Competitive Salary and Equity
• 401k
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Free Membership to OneMedical
• Flexible Paid Time Off + 12 U.S. Holidays
• 12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave (birthing + non-birthing parents)
• WeWork Membership for All Employees
• Annual Company Offsite