Senior Software Engineer- Backend (Roleplays)
Yoodli AI Roleplays · Seattle, WA ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Category
- Backend
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Salary
- USD 170,000 – 190,000 / year
Yoodli AI Roleplays · Seattle, WA ·
Yoodli, Inc. · Kentucky, United States
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Builds the backend engine behind Yoodli's AI roleplay and communication-coaching platform, owning scalable, reliable services end-to-end that power real-time LLM-driven learning experiences. Core stack: TypeScript or Python, cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS/Azure) with infrastructure-as-code, and generative AI; on-site in Seattle 3 days a week.
Yoodli helps people get measurably better in their careers. We help individuals achieve this by helping them land their job, onboard at their companies, learn new skills, practice a speech, sales pitch or difficult conversation, and then take your Yoodli coach with you from one role to the next. For organizations, this means helping you upskill your entire workforce for the AI Future.
We’ve always believed in the human potential. In 2021, Esha and Varun started Yoodli as an AI communication coach - to help people communicate with confidence. Since then, our users have used Yoodli for so much more: to learn new concepts through AI Roleplays, practice different kinds of conversations (sales pitches, job interviews, manager conversations), and even use Yoodli as their personal coach to help them learn to use Gemini, Claude or other AI Tools. It’s why we expanded our technology to be the AI Platform for Human Skills.
Who We Are
Our team includes former employees from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Tableau, and beyond, united by a passion for empowering people using AI. We're headquartered in the heart of Seattle, and we're having a lot of fun along the way. Our culture is built on failing fast, iterating constantly, and taking bold bets. We value humility, authenticity, and a can-do-attitude.
We’re backed by Madrona, Neotribe the Allen Institute for AI, Cercano, and have raised over $60M to date.
Our customers include Google, RingCentral, Databricks, Snowflake, Sandler Sales, Dale Carnegie, Toastmasters, and users in over 150 countries. We’ve been featured in Forbes, Fortune, WSJ, Geekwire, ZDNet, and several other outlets (). You can try the platform for free at and learn more about us in this TED Talk.
About this team
As part of the Roleplays team, you'll be working on the engine that powers the heart of Yoodli. You'll be creating an AI-native experience of learning, pushing the bounds of models and real-time systems. You'll work throughout the frontend and backend stacks to build enterprise-grade software that works for company wide rollouts without a hitch. You'll go deep on technical challenges while being front and center to our user experience - building the technology that allows for a whole new paradigm of learning
Mission alignment: You believe in our vision and care deeply about helping people achieve more by communicating better
Backend expertise: You have strong experience building scalable, reliable backend services that power great user experiences
Customer-centric thinking: You architect right-sized solutions - secure, maintainable, and built with the end user in mind
Craft and quality: You hold yourself to a high bar for code quality and system design, and you make the engineers around you better
Huge impact opportunity: Define technical strategy and build foundational systems at a fast-growing startup. Work directly with the founding team and shape the future of the AI platform for human skills
Competitive compensation: Significant equity opportunities at a venture-backed company
Base compensation: $170k - 190k
Join a fun, inclusive and highly motivated team culture (and help define it!)
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