Senior Software Engineer

About Unframe

Unframe is an AI-first startup helping the world’s largest enterprises bring LLM-powered applications to life in days - not months. We combine the speed of a product company with the flexibility of a consultancy, helping customers move from idea to deployed AI systems faster than anyone else in the market.

With over $100M in TCV secured within 12 months, and a new $50M Series B led by Highland Europe, Unframe is rapidly scaling globally alongside Fortune 500 customers, backed by Bessemer, Craft, and TLV.

About The Role

You’ll be responsible for solving some of the most complex engineering challenges at Unframe. This role is deeply technical: designing architectures, debugging hard problems, improving core systems, and building reliable foundations for AI-native products.When something mission-critical needs to get done, you’re the engineer we trust.

What You’ll Do

• Own end-to-end architecture and implementation of complex backend and system components.
• Design scalable, reliable services that support high-velocity product development.
• Dive deep into hard problems across performance, data modeling, stability, and APIs.
• Partner with platform, applied AI, and fullstack teams to land robust, observable systems.
• Improve system reliability and developer experience through tooling, standards, and architecture.
  
  

• 6+ years in software engineering with strong evidence of owning complex systems.
• Deep proficiency in Node.js (clean backend architecture is key).
• Strong relational database fundamentals (PostgreSQL) and experience designing data models.
• Exceptional debugging skills and strong engineering judgment.
• Fast learner with the ability to ramp into new domains independently.
  
  

• Experience with distributed systems, caching, messaging, or multi-tenant architectures.
• Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into backend systems.
• Infra or platform experience (observability, CI/CD tooling, APIs).
  
  

• Real ownership from day one. Drive decisions, shape ideas and make them work.
• Your fastest learning years. Build alongside founders and VPs in a space that moves weekly.
• You'll have the opportunity to write and build what comes next.