About Slang AI Slang AI is redefining customer engagement through conversational AI, making every interaction seamless and efficient. Backed by Techstars.
About the role
You'll join Slang's Engineering team as a Senior Software Engineer, contributing across our core product areas including telephony infrastructure, real-time voice AI, and application functionality. Your work will help restaurants automate customer interactions and improve service through natural conversation. You'll spend roughly 90% of your time developing backend services.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, primarily in backend systems
- Strong proficiency in at least one object-oriented language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, C#, Python, TypeScript, Ruby, C++, Go), with a solid grasp of OO design principles and willingness to work day-to-day in Kotlin
- A track record of owning features end to end and mentoring less-experienced engineers
- Experience building and consuming RESTful or GraphQL APIs
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases and data modeling concepts
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
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What your experience will be
You'll join Slang's Engineering team as a Senior Software Engineer, contributing across our core product areas including telephony infrastructure, real-time voice AI, and application functionality. Your work will help restaurants automate customer interactions and improve service through natural conversation. You'll spend roughly 90% of your time developing backend services. Our backend is written in Kotlin, but prior Kotlin experience is not required; strong fundamentals in any object-oriented language will set you up to ramp quickly. You'll make occasional contributions to React/TypeScript frontend features as needed. Your work will directly impact thousands of restaurant interactions daily, helping businesses streamline operations and deliver better customer experiences.
You'll report to the Direct or Engineering & Data, collaborating closely with product managers, conversation designers, and fellow engineers. As a senior engineer, you'll own features end to end and help shape technical direction for your pod, not just execute against a spec. The role includes key ceremonies: daily standups at 1:00 PM ET, bi-weekly cycle planning, and weekly Show &...
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