# Lead Engineer (Backend) at Darsel

- Company: Darsel (YC W22)
- What the company does: Chatbot teaching K12 math in developing countries. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://darsel.tech
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $50K to $75K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2022-11-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/darsel/jobs/OD1LMNV-lead-engineer-backend
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/darsel-lead-engineer-backend/

## About the role

Our tech stack is mostly Python Lambda functions and MySQL databases on AWS . You’d be responsible for all of it, and your role would combine backend with devops and data science responsibilities.

## What they're looking for

- Launching and documenting a public API with authentication
- Building new backend functionality (especially around data retrieval and analysis) to support frontend development
- Optimizing MySQL database configurations and access patterns
- Designing and implementing data science workflows, focused on automating quality assurance and content scoring
- Building and testing ML models to improve our content matching algorithm
- Professionalizing our software development practices (test cases, staging environments, standardization, etc.)

Tags: Engineering