Job description
About Smartcat
Smartcat is building the future of work, where human expertise meets digital teammates to drive 10x to 1000x productivity gains for the world’s leading enterprises.
We’re on the frontier of an entirely new category: Agentic AI. We enable enterprises to build high-performing hybrid workforces made up of both humans and AI agents. These AI agents aren’t generic copilots. They’re fully trained digital teammates that learn from your best people, your content, and your business strategy—ready to get to work from day one.
Our platform combines generative AI, human-in-the-loop workflows, and a living Enterprise Skill Graph that continuously learns and improves. Whether you’re launching a product globally, onboarding new hires, translating learning content, or aligning legal teams across regions, Smartcat turns knowledge into action and action into scale.
Over 1,000 companies, including 20% of the Fortune 500, rely on Smartcat to bring their business to the world—instantly, accurately, and in every language. As a Series C company with 130% year-over-year growth, we’re scaling fast and investing in people who want to shape the future of work with us.
Join us in unlocking global potential, one human and agent team at a time.
Mission
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of enhancing our platform’s capabilities. You’ll design and implement scalable, high-performance backend services that power critical features for our growing client base.
Outcomes
- Design, develop, and deploy backend services and APIs that solve real-world customer challenges
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and security
- Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps to ensure seamless integration of services
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues efficiently
- Actively participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning
Requirements
8+ years of proven professional experience as a Software Engineer, with at least 3 years in .NET and C#
2+ years of experience in product companies (SaaS)
Passion and strong skill for writing clean, maintainable, and testable code and well-documented C# code
Experience with writing and maintaining Unit tests and E2E tests
Advanced experience with MongoDB
Upper-intermediate or higher English proficiency (written and spoken)
Strong problem-solving skills and a growth mindset
Readiness to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment with extreme focus, a strong sense of ownership, and determination
Openness to constructive feedback and value the ideas and opinions of others
Our technologies
- Backend: .NET Core (C#), Python
- Frontend: Vue.js 2⁄3, Nuxt 3, Typescript
- Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch
- Messaging Queue: Kafka
- Cloud Provider: Amazon AWS
- Monitoring & Logging: ELK (EFK), Prometheus, Grafana
Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far
- Fully remote team
We are a global team of 200+ enthusiastic people spread across 30+ countries. We have been fully remote since 2020, with some locations populated with more Smartcaters than others, such as Boston, NYC, SF, the Bay Area, London, and Lisbon.
- Innovating a $100 Billion industry
Smartcat’s innovative approach towards multilingual content, taps into a $100B industry. Our platform enables enterprise end users to stop using traditional outsourcing methods, and start enjoying an easy-to-use, AI-powered SaaS, that delivers immediate high-quality results, at a fraction of the cost.
- High impact role enabling innovation and inclusion in organizations
You will enjoy building with us. You will drive changes in how an old-fashioned global language industry operates while improving how hundreds of thousands of people work and millions of people exchange knowledge and ideas worldwide.
- Join the rocketship to scale-up 10x and beyond together
We are looking for someone to become an integral part of our team and play a crucial role in the most exciting part of our journey: transitioning from a post-Series C startup to a company exceeding $100M in ARR and $1B in valuation. Our journey isn’t for the faint of heart. We are growing at 130% YoY, thanks to our strong product-market fit and high-performing team, and plan to accelerate from here.
- Smartcat Culture : Where Diversity Meets High Performance At Smartcat, we are committed to building a culture that highlights respect and appreciation for each individual’s unique background and perspective, while maintaining a strong focus on results and clear, honest and direct communication. We believe in welcoming everyone and fostering an inclusive environment where team members can be their authentic selves at work. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is steadfast, and we stand firmly against discrimination and harassment.
