Osmo turns the iPad you already have into hands-on learning — real pieces kids touch, games that teach letters, math and coding. Free US shipping, 30-day returns. Backed by Accel, GV and Lux.
About the role
Osmo's engineering team is currently junior, and we're looking for the senior backend voice to help it grow up. This is a backend-forward seat with a data component on the side, not a database architecture role: you'll own systems up through the API layer, bringing production judgment, on-call experience, and structured problem solving the team doesn't have yet.
What they're looking for
- 6-15 Years of Non-Internship Experience — Staff-level backend engineer, internships, co-ops, and student roles don't count toward this
- A Designer, Not Just an Implementer — Real system or workflow design ownership, not just "built X, shipped Y" without design-level involvement
- Real Production Ownership — Has run services in production, including on-call and monitoring responsibility
- Staff-Level Problem Solver — Can take a large, ambiguous problem, question whether it's the right one to solve at all, and scope a sensible first chunk instead of diving straight in
- Comfortable Building the Foundation — Not chasing scale for its own sake, ready to do foundational reliability and robustness work first
- Python and SQL baseline expected, TypeScript, Go, or Scala experience is a plus, not a requirement
More about this role
Osmo is a digital olfaction company, on a mission to give computers a sense of smell to improve the health and wellbeing of human life. Why? Our sense of smell both enriches and saves lives, and has a deep and direct connection to our emotions and memory.
Olfactory Intelligence has applications across industries including fragrance, manufacturing, security, medicine, and more. We believe in the power of automation and thoughtfully applied AI/ML to solve problems beyond the reach of human intuition alone.
We're headquartered in Elizabeth, NJ, with an additional office in Somerville, MA. We provide complimentary shuttle service from Brooklyn and Newark, NJ.
Osmo's engineering team is currently junior, and we're looking for the senior backend voice to help it grow up. This is a backend-forward seat with a data component on the side, not a database architecture role: you'll own systems up through the API layer, bringing production judgment, on-call experience, and structured problem solving the team doesn't have yet.
You'll have the trust to question whether a big, ambiguous problem is even worth solving, and the autonomy to scope the right first chunk of it rather than diving...
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