Senior Backend Engineer

<p>TextCortex AI: Your Intelligent Workflow Transformation Partner</p> <p>About Us:<br/>TextCortex is not just another AI tool - we're your one-stop AI companion designed to revolutionize how you work. We seamlessly integrate data, unlock actionable insights, and automate complex workflows, empowering professionals to work smarter, not harder.</p> <p><strong>Our Core Promise:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Intelligent Data Integration</li> <li>Actionable Insights on Demand</li> <li>Workflow Automation Simplified</li> </ul> <p><strong>Why TextCortex?</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Industry-recognized momentum</strong>: Awarded G2’s Fastest Growing Product of 2024, we’re scaling at an incredible pace in a competitive market.</li> <li><strong>Robust and growing user community</strong>: Millions of users rely on our platform every day, driving ongoing feedback and innovation.</li> <li><strong>Solid financial health</strong>: We combine stable revenue streams with strategic growth investments, ensuring sustainability and long-term vision.</li> <li><strong>Equity opportunity</strong>: Join us and gain a real stake in one of Europe’s leading AI companies, shaping the future with us from the inside out.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Powerhouse Investor Backing:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Entrepreneur First (backed by Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn and Peter Thiel of PayPal)</li> <li>Speedinvest</li> <li>B2ventures</li> </ul> <p>We're not building another tool. We're creating an AI assistant that understands your work, adapts to your needs, and transforms productivity.</p> <p>Join us in redefining the future of intelligent work!</p> <h2 id="tasks">Tasks</h2> <p><strong>What we are looking for</strong></p> <p>We want to be transparent with you—this position is not for everyone. We’re looking for our first key engineering hire to take ownership and leadership in building out our technical foundations side by side with our experienced CTO. You should be someone who’s unafraid to jump from the back end to the front end, from cloud environments to a whiteboard brainstorming session. If you thrive in a startup environment, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are excited about rolling up your sleeves to drive growth, we’d love to hear from you.</p> <p><strong>Why this role is special</strong></p> <ul> <li>You’ll have the chance to shape the product from the ground up, working on everything from designing APIs to scaling infrastructure.</li> <li>You’ll collaborate directly with the CTO, playing a pivotal role in strategic decisions around architecture, technology choices, and product direction.</li> <li>You’ll be working on diverse challenges where your impact is immediately visible, and as the company grows, you’ll build and lead the specialized teams in each area.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What we’re excited to see</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Experience in ETL pipelines</strong>: You’ve written ETL jobs in Python and automated them using tools like Cloud Scheduler and Celery, demonstrating an ability to handle data workflows at scale.</li> <li><strong>Performance optimization</strong>: You’ve worked with high-traffic systems (e.g., 200+ requests per second) and understand how to optimize SQL queries, reduce latency, and improve overall system performance.</li> <li><strong>Full-stack mindset</strong>: You’re comfortable diving into anything from front-end user flows to back-end microservices. You see the big picture and aren’t afraid to prototype quickly.</li> <li><strong>Cloud-savvy approach</strong>: You’re familiar with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and know how to build cloud-agnostic solutions.</li> <li><strong>Ownership and leadership</strong>: You want to grow with the company, becoming a leading voice on the engineering team, defining best practices, and pushing technical boundaries.</li> </ul> <p>Areas You Will Work With</p> <p><strong>1. CRUD APIs</strong></p> <p>Our vision is to integrate our text-generation technology into every text box imaginable. You’ll work on:</p> <ul> <li>Architecting robust, scalable APIs that can seamlessly handle spikes in traffic.</li> <li>Integrating our terabytes of AI models into various digital ecosystems, ensuring low latency and high uptime.</li> <li>Building best practices around endpoint design, testing, and deployment.</li> </ul> <p><strong>2. Web Architecture</strong></p> <p>Have a good eye for design and an understanding of user value. You’ll be expected to:</p> <ul> <li>Contribute to front-end decisions, focusing on user experience and usability.</li> <li>Ensure the web layer is optimized for speed and scalability, providing responsive interactions even under heavy load.</li> </ul> <p><strong>3. Cloud Computing</strong></p> <p>We’ve come a long way from a single server under the founder’s desk. Now, we:</p> <ul> <li>Build cloud-agnostic software that efficiently uses compute resources.</li> <li>Optimize deployments to get the best performance for the lowest cost.</li> <li>Monitor and fine-tune