Senior Backend Engineer at Aurelian
Seattle, WA
$160,000–$220,000
Jul 13, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend engineering role at a startup building AI-powered tools for 911 call centers. The work centers on designing and maintaining core voice AI and automation systems — including real-time audio pipelines, analytics, and integrations with customer infrastructure. A good fit for engineers with at least four years of experience who are comfortable working independently across a broad range of technical challenges.
Mid level · 4+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
Posted 4 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The posting is titled 'Senior Backend Engineer' and requires 4+ years of software engineering experience — a threshold that typically supports a Mid-level classification. The 'Senior' label is taken from the title only; the actual requirements support a Mid band.
The JD names no specific technologies, languages, frameworks, or tools anywhere in the requirements or stack description. All skills above are inferred from the domain context (voice AI, real-time pipelines, analytics, LLMs) described in narrative sections, not from explicit requirements gates. There are effectively no hard-gated named technologies in this posting.
The role appears to be office-based in Seattle (daily delivered lunches, office in Seattle, relocation assistance offered), with no mention of remote work.
No compensation figures are provided.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): backend engineering, real-time audio processing.
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