# Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Data) at Read

- Company: Read
- What the company does: Read AI, the fastest growing AI meeting assistant, ever, delivers real-time transcription, smart summaries, and enables AI search and discovery across all your content including meeting, messages, emails, CRM, and documents. Backed by Madrona.
- Company website: https://read.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Read AI - Seattle HQ
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $190K to $210K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-12-05
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/read-ai/a9444f5d-7ea0-411f-ae29-c7d77b040b30
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/read-senior-software-engineer-backend-data/

## About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Read AI in the Data Org, your contributions will directly impact the functionality, scalability and reliability of our product. Our team is responsible for owning the data flows and ML infrastructure across the company, which includes realtime audio/video processing, interactions with third party llm providers, data processing orchestration, database management, data APIs, inferencing services, and transcription services.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science/Engineering, or 7+ years of relevant industry experience
- Proven experience in backend development, with proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP)
- Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases, along with expertise in data modeling and database management
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a pragmatic and results-driven approach
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment with a high degree of autonomy and accountability

Tags: Engineering