Backend Engineer

**Join Wordly's fast growing global team!** **Description** As a Backend Engineer at Wordly, you will build and improve backend services across our technology stack, helping deliver new features and maintain existing systems that support Wordly’s real\-time translation experiences. This is an individual contributor role focused on hands\-on implementation. You will work from product requirements and established technical direction to build and maintain backend services and APIs, improve existing systems, and support reliable backend functionality across the platform. We are looking for someone who can work independently from clear requirements and contribute effectively within a fully remote team. Strong experience with either Java or Kotlin is required, along with experience using backend frameworks such as Micronaut, Spring Boot, or similar. You should also be comfortable writing and maintaining unit and integration tests, working with distributed backend systems, and using AI\-assisted development tools effectively and responsibly as part of day\-to\-day engineering work. **Minimum Qualifications** * 3\+ years of hands\-on experience building and maintaining backend services and APIs from product requirements * Experience working in distributed systems and microservice environments * Strong hands\-on experience with Java or Kotlin; experience with both is a plus * Experience with backend frameworks such as Micronaut, Spring Boot, or similar * Experience with messaging and event streaming systems, NoSQL databases, distributed caches, and CI/CD pipelines * Experience writing and maintaining unit and integration tests * Experience using AI\-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, or similar, and comfort using them effectively and responsibly * Experience working in modern software development workflows, including version control and code review practices * Comfortable working with a fully remote team * Self\-motivated and able to implement features independently from clear requirements **Desired Qualifications** * Experience working with real\-time audio streams * Experience developing Node.js applications * B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent from an accredited institution **Responsibilities** * Build and maintain backend services and APIs from product requirements and established technical direction * Improve and support existing backend services across the platform * Implement solutions that integrate with distributed systems, messaging and event streaming systems, caches, and NoSQL data stores * Write and maintain unit and integration tests, and help improve backend test coverage and code quality * Debug and resolve issues in existing backend services * Work cross\-functionally with Product, other engineers, and technical leads to deliver backend functionality * Participate in code reviews and contribute to clean, maintainable, and well\-tested code **Located in Los Altos, California, Wordly is an exciting tech startup that is looking to grow its engineering and GTM teams! From virtual meetings to large, in\-person conference venues, Wordly strives to provide high quality, real\-time translation services in 50\+ languages to anyone, anywhere.** **Wordly caters to numerous customers around the world which include local organizations and businesses; government entities; Fortune 500 companies; and much, much more. While this is a fully remote position, office space in Los Altos, California is available for San Francisco Bay Area residents that wish to utilize it.** **To learn more about Wordly visit** **www.wordly.ai** **and follow us on our** **LinkedIn page** .