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Ellipsis Health

Senior Backend Engineer, Infrastructure

Who can apply: US-based role. The employer has not said which states are eligible — confirm before applying.
Location as listed by the employer: “San Francisco - Hybrid”
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About this role

Ellipsis Health is hiring for a Senior Backend Engineer, Infrastructure role (full-time). See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • 4+ years building production back-ends in modern Python.
  • Proven experience with real-time streaming systems—WebRTC, WebSockets, or gRPC streaming—and proficiency with asyncio, FastAPI, or similar async frameworks.
  • Deep understanding of concurrency, buffering, audio codecs (Opus, PCM), and distributed tracing.
  • Solid understanding of AWS/GCP/Azure, including container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS/GKE), message queues (Kafka/SQS/Pub/Sub), and IaC (Terraform).
  • Solid grasp of relational (PostgreSQL) and in-memory (Redis) data stores; able to model and persist conversational state.
  • Excellent communication skills and a bias for measured, observable, and continuously deployable software. Bonus Points:
  • B.S./M.S. in CS, EE, or related fields.
  • Familiarity with voice-agent frameworks,

Summarized from the employer's posting — check the full posting for every requirement.