Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Interface.ai is a leading Conversational AI SaaS company focused on providing cutting-edge solutions to the financial services industry. We serve close to 110 financial institutions today. We are one of the fastest-growing AI + financial technology companies in the industry, and we have grown 1800% in the last one year and recently featured as one of the top 100 fastest-growing fintech companies in Silicon Valley. Our mission is to empower every financial institution to scale efficiently and help its customers achieve financial wellness.

Our core technology is built 100% in-house with several breakthroughs in Natural Language Understanding. Our parser is built based on zero-shot learning that helps us to launch industry-specific IVA that can achieve over 90% accuracy on Day-1. We are 170+ people strong with employees spread across India and US locations.

What You Will Do:

• Design and implement significant areas of the platform with highest quality.
• Participate heavily in design and code reviews.
• Actively contribute to the evolution and improvement of interface’s Conversational AI platform
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in conversational AI and related fields
• Develop and enhance your engineering skills by working on diverse and complex technical challenges, driving innovation and finding creative solutions.

What You Will Bring:

• Possess a strong sense of self-motivation and the ability to learn quickly.
• Embrace a growth mindset and demonstrate emotional maturity in all interactions.
• Passionate about the possibilities of AI in the banking sector.
• Have a proven track record of success in a startup environment with 5 to 30 employees.
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying ways to improve solutions.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.
• Proven track record of 6+ years in delivering scalable, complex technical products with at least 4+ years of experience working on backend development in startups, ideally building products or features from scratch.
• Good knowledge of distributed technologies, low-latency, and highly scalable systems
• Expertise in JavaScript and Node.js, including hands-on experience with Node.js frameworks such as Express.js, Hapi.js, Koa.js, and NoSQL and Relational databases.
• Strong understanding and hands-on experience of unit testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Hands-on experience in developing applications using microservices, container technologies, and container management systems such as Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of systems using real-time interactions (web sockets, long-polling, server-sent events)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write detailed technical documents.
• Experience working with React and Python (Bonus)
• Experience working with AI Models (Bonus)

Compensation:

• Compensation is expected to be between $155,000 – $180,000. Exact compensation may vary based on skills and location.

What We Offer

• 💻 Remote First Policy
• 🏥 Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 🏝 PTO & Holidays
• ✨ Life Insurance