Senior Backend Engineer- Roleplays

Who we are

Each of us at Yoodli has faced our own communication challenges - overcoming a lisp, freezing during a job interview, feeling anxious about speaking up. That shared empathy shapes a culture that's uplifting, inclusive, and deeply authentic. We value humility, a bias for action, and the belief that we win together.

Our team includes former employees from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Tableau, and beyond, united by a problem we've personally lived. 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've raised $60M - including a $40M Series B led by West Bridge Capital - backed by Madrona, Neotribe, Cercano, and incubated at the Allen Institute for AI. We're valued at $300M and grew revenue 900% year-over-year.

Our customers include Google Cloud, Snowflake, Databricks, Ring Central, SAP, Franklin Covey, Korn Ferry, Sandler Training, Toastmasters, and many more - with learners in over 150 countries. Results speak for themselves:
Google Cloud certified 15,000+ reps without scaling headcount. Snowflake recovered 1,200+ manager hours per quarter. Harness cut training review time by 75%.

We've been featured in Tech Crunch, Axios, The Information, Forbes, Fast Company, and more.

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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
What we're hoping you bring

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
About you

• 5+ years of professional development experience, shipping production code
• Strong backend capabilities - you've owned services end-to-end and have a track record of delivering in fast-moving environments
• Solid experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and Infrastructure as Code
• Proficiency in Type Script or Python, with the ability to debug complex distributed systems
• Clear communicator who works well across engineering and product, and who gives and receives feedback well
• You understand how your work connects to business outcomes and user impact
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Ability to be on-site in our Seattle, WA 3 days a week(M, T, Th)

Extra credit experience

• Experience with LLMs, generative AI, and AI-powered applications
• Speech/audio processing technologies and real-time communication systems
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  SQL databases and Kubernetes
• Google Cloud Platform

What's in it for you?

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 AI-powered communication coaching

Competitive compensation: Significant equity opportunities at a venture-backed company

Base compensation: $160k - $190k

Join a fun, inclusive and highly motivated team culture (and help define it!)