Hi Auto
Senior Backend Engineer
Job Summary
The role involves designing and implementing conversational pipelines and integrating AI technologies into production systems for drive-thru order taking. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in Python, backend development, and cloud-based deployment with skills in API integrations and data pipelines. The position offers an opportunity to work on real-time audio streaming and AI performance analysis in a fast-paced startup environment. Strong ownership, independence, and communication skills are highly valued in this role.
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Job Description
Hi Auto is the most trustworthy AI order taker for drive-thrus. Built for scale.
Hi Auto is a reliable AI order taker for drive-thrus, purpose-built for high-volume QSRs. It helps brands consistently deliver faster, error-free service with over 93% order completion and 96% accuracy, at scale.
With full control over scripts, upsells, and voice, brands can fine-tune drive-thru operational performance across all locations. At the same time, franchisees get the flexibility to adjust menus, LTOs, and regional offers. And with a built-in labor optimization process, Hi Auto reduces employee stress and turnover, saving hours of labor each day and improving the guest experience.
Growing quickly, Hi Auto has the largest number of voice AI drive-thru restaurant deployments, competing directly with both big tech and restaurant tech players.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our dev department.
Our backend is developed all in Python running in the cloud over k8s. It's not a typical backend interacting with a UI frontend, handling audio streams in real-time.
Our systems integrate with a large number of third party services. Because of the myriad of challenges and the fast pace of a startup, each team member gets to experience a lot of professional growth and ownership.
In this role, you will:
- Design, implement and integrate configurable conversational pipelines for various order-taking scenarios.
- Work hand in hand with the ML engineers and integrate Generative AI based pipelines into production.
- Triage and analyze production AI performance issues.
- Debug complex conversational flow scenarios.
- Own and maintain data analysis pipelines and tools.
- Implement and maintain infrastructure for automated tests of all AI related pipelines ensuring stability and accuracy.
- 5+ years experience in Python
- Strong backend development and software architecture skills
- Experience in developing and deploying multiple projects used in production
- Experience with CI/CD, Clouds (AWS/GCP/Azure), Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, 3rd Party API integrations
- Experience with Data Pipelines, ETL
- Prior experience working in startups
- BSc in Software Development or equivalent industry experience
Bonus:
- Knowledge of concurrency
- Experience with React
- Resilience – being able to balance planned work with real-time issues in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
- Strong communication skills – in both written and verbal communication, with the ability to produce crisp and clear documentation
- Star performer
- Strong ownership and independence
- Team player
- Fast
- For more details see What We're Looking For in People
Join us to be a part of an amazing team with great vibes, interesting and unique challenges, and an opportunity to influence and build something big.
Hi Auto
Upgrade Your Drive-Thru Experience with Conversational AI. Hi Auto greets your guests, takes their orders, and adds it into your POS.
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