Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Auctor is a software platform that provides an AI-driven system designed to support software implementation processes for professional services teams and system integrators. It functions as an “agentic operating system”…

Location: New York, NY
Company size: 1–10
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Auctor· New YorkView company profile

Job title: Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Job location: New York
Job listing URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/auctor/jobs/9DGLutr-senior-software-engineer-backend
Job description: # **Why Auctor** Auctor is building the AI layer for professional services and software implementation. Think of us as the brain behind the best solution engineers, forward-deployed engineers, and onboarding teams— automating the documentation, the discovery, and the decision-making that powers $400B+ in services work. We’re going after one of the biggest software categories of the decade. # **Role Overview** As a Backend Software Engineer at Auctor, you will own and lead engineering projects across our software offerings. You will work closely with our operations, GTM, and deployed services teams to build state-of-the-art systems that provide value to our customers. We’re looking for people who want to do the most meaningful work of their career—people who are sharp, fast, and relentless. No fluff. Just speed, execution, and a shot to build something generational. This role is based in New York, NY, in person 5 days per week. # **What You'll Do** - Retrieval over large corpora of enterprise documents - Backend infrastructure for AI-powered collaborative workflows - Building multi-step planning agents for enterprise project management - Enterprise-grade security for sensitive organizational data - Evaluating LLMs across document generation and synthesis tasks - Data ingestion pipelines from enterprise integrations (Confluence, Jira, SharePoint, etc.) # **What You'll Have** - 4+ years (post-BS/MS) of backend-focused software engineering experience on product-centric teams - Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products - Experience building backend platforms that can support multiple product lines - Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge - Experience architecting scalable systems to support rapid growth and enterprise-level traffic - Grit - experience working at early-stage startups is a plus # **Compensation Range** $250,000-$350,000 # **Benefits** - Early-stage equity - Competitive, top-of-market salary - Catered lunch and dinners

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