Senior Software Engineer

Chalice AI

. Develop secure and scalable APIs for internal and external use .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesSenior💰 $170,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing secure and scalable APIs, implementing CI/CD practices, and building event-driven architectures. Proficient in mentoring junior developers and collaborating across teams to enhance production systems and reduce technical debt.

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API DevelopmentEvent-Driven ArchitectureCI/CD ImplementationAWS Services ConfigurationMicroservices Architecture

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Hard Skills

API DevelopmentEvent-Based Platform DesignMicroservicesScalable Backend SystemsTesting AutomationTechnical Proposal CreationProduction System OperationsContainerized SolutionsArchitectural Risk IdentificationTechnical Debt Reduction

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationTechnical Guidance

Tools & Technologies

GitHub ActionsDockerKubernetes (EKS)DatabricksAWS

Industry Keywords

AdtechMulti-Tenant ArchitectureProduction WorkflowsObservability StandardsCentralized State-Store Orchestration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDockerKubernetesMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop secure and scalable APIs for internal and external use
Build portable, packaged code compatible with internal and external systems
Implement CI/CD and testing automation
Reduce systemic complexity and introduce durable patterns
Identify architectural risk early
Define reliability standards across teams
Create technical proposals from product specifications
Build integrations with partners
Implement secure APIs exposing platform functionality
Develop routes and pipelines within an event-based backend system
Package reusable code for easy distribution
Enforce observability, testing, and production development standards
Use automated CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions
Ensure code failures are clearly surfaced and appropriate retry measures are taken
Support documentation and production code best practices
Mentor and support junior developers
Provide technical guidance for automation and process improvement
Help reduce and automate technical debt
Collaborate with Product, Machine Learning, Data Science, and SRE teams
Support migration to an API- and event-driven platform
Help implement a scalable, event-driven, multi-tenant platform supporting containerized customer delivery, AWS services, centralized state-store orchestration, and adtech integrations

Requirements

What you’ll need

8–10 years of experience building and operating production systems
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field — or equivalent practical experience
Deep production experience with APIs, event-based platform designs, multitenant architectures, microservices, AWS tools, and Docker
Exposure to Databricks, including deploying jobs via Databricks Asset Bundles
Exposure to event-driven architectures
Experience improving testing and CI/CD practices for production workflows
Adtech experience preferred but not required
Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) preferred
Has built scalable backend systems from scratch
Has configured and worked extensively with AWS services
Has migrated or refactored outdated infrastructure
Has resolved production job failures
Has worked extensively with containerized solutions
Must satisfy employment authorization verification through E-Verify

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
401(k) options
Unlimited PTO
11 Company Holidays
Office-wide closure between Christmas Eve and New Year’s
Equity