Nanit lets parents track the health, wellness and development of their baby—from sleep and breathing to growth—delivering personalized insights and advice. Backed by GV.
About the role
Here, your work directly impacts millions of families. Our team of scientists, engineers, and parents is small but mighty - we share a mission to make early childhood easier, healthier, and more connected. If you want to work on technology that genuinely matters, join us.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years in backend engineering, with proven people leadership as a manager or team lead, delivering in fast-paced environments without micromanaging
- Strong production experience with web services/APIs on AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis, S3, Kubernetes, and Kafka (including failure handling)
- Experience with data pipelines (batch/streaming) and monitoring/observability tools - dashboards, logs, metrics, tracing, alerting, and on-call
- An advantage: familiarity with the ML model lifecycle, Python or exposure to Python-based research teams, big data infrastructure, Computer Vision/Deep Learning, or hands-on use of AI coding tools
- Ability to inspire, mentor, and grow engineers, with strong self-learning skills in unfamiliar domains
- Clear communicator across technical and non-technical partners, balancing company priorities with sustainable delivery and team satisfaction
More about this role
Nanit is moving families beyond overwhelm by transforming how parents understand their baby's early years. We combine advanced AI, real-world data from billions of sleep hours, and clinical expertise to deliver the clarity and confidence every parent deserves. Trusted by over one million families and backed by $125M in funding, we're building an entirely new category: predictive parenting intelligence.
Here, your work directly impacts millions of families. Our team of scientists, engineers, and parents is small but mighty - we share a mission to make early childhood easier, healthier, and more connected. If you want to work on technology that genuinely matters, join us.
As a Backend Team Leader at Nanit, you will lead a team of backend and MLOps engineers that owns the systems behind our AI-driven product features. Your team works closest to our AI group - the Algorithms and Data teams - and owns the engineering side of turning models into reliable production capabilities.
Concretely, that means owning real backend architecture - the services and APIs that carry AI-driven capabilities into the product, the data collection pipelines that feed model training, the storage and query...
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