We’re hiring!

We’re always on the lookout for talented people who are ready to make a positive impact on the world.

Senior Backend Engineer

Austin, Texas, United States

Location: Austin (Domain), TX (In-office 4x per week)

Company: Kizen, www.kizen.com

OTE - $207,000-$253,000K

About Us

Kizen is a leading AI platform for the future of work, redefining how people and AI seamlessly move and improve as one. Founded on the principle that technology should make work more meaningful, Kizen creates AI systems (AKA assistants) that learn, adapt, and improve over time, just like the people who use them.

Today, Kizen powers millions of mission-critical experiences for leading organizations in highly regulated industries like insurance, healthcare, and financial services. Some of the ways we support these teams include: helping insurance agents manage contracting and commissions, enabling healthcare providers to deliver proactive patient care, and empowering financial institutions to classify documents and extract data automatically.

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Engineer with a history of focusing on user outcomes and rapidly delivering reliable, scalable systems. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll work directly with our Director of Engineering to build new user-facing features and enhancements, and to scale the core Kizen platform.

Our core values are the heart of Kizen’s DNA:

• Customer Obsessed. We are fanatical about making our customers wildly successful.
• Fiercely Kind. Kindness is a way of life, so we strive to be a force for good in all we do.
• Relentlessly Excellent. We build amazing teams and unleash their talents.
• Amazingly Fun. Doing the job of your dreams should be outrageously fun.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to iteratively improve a solution that uses nondeterministic components by using experimental methods
• Work with Engineering leaders to ensure we’re building reliable, maintainable software
• Partner with the product team to design feasible features, create consumable tickets, and assess implementation
• Work with the Frontend Engineering Team Lead(s) to ensure the user-facing experience is polished and uses backend features as intended
• Craft flexible, reliable, and scalable code
• Write tests and evals to ensure stability as the codebase evolves over time

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or greater in Computer Science (preferred), Information Technology, or related field (Physics, mathematics, engineering)
• 5 - 7+ years of professional development experience (Python preferred)
• Experience shipping LLM-enabled features in production
• Exceptional collaboration, organizational, time management, and communication skills
• Driven and self-motivated with a track record of finding and solving difficult problems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Django
• Experience with Postgres, Redis, S3, Memcache
• Experience deploying applications with Kubernetes
• You’ve made or contributed to open-source projects and have your fair share of side projects

Why Kizen

We’re a fast-growing company that values innovation, growth, and continuous improvement. By joining Kizen, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the company while enjoying a supportive, dynamic, and collaborative workplace.

What We Offer

• Career Growth Opportunities
• Engaging Work Culture
• Top-Tier Compensation
• Equity Package
• Healthcare Coverage
• Professional Development Stipends
• PTO

Kizen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, citizenship or immigration status.

The base salary range for this position is $180,000k - $220,000k. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.