[Hiring] Backend Team Lead Voice AI @Lavendo

Role Description

As a Lead Solutions Integration Engineer, you will step into a high-ownership role where you directly shape how AI is deployed and scaled across real-world businesses. You will work closely with the CTO and a senior engineering team, defining integration architecture, delivery approaches, and technical standards in a growing AI startup. This role lets you combine deep backend engineering with strategic, stakeholder-facing work, building integrations that are central to customers’ revenue operations and how large accounts and partners adopt AI at scale.

• Own end‑to‑end integration delivery: scope, design, build, test, and deploy integrations that meet business requirements and production‑ready standards
• Support the CTO in running the integration process: gather requirements, structure tasks, manage execution, and deliver projects on schedule
• Design integration solutions: architect flows using Python, REST, gRPC, Kafka, Redis, Postman, and SQL; document with UML, DFD, ERD, and BRD
• Control project execution daily: plan sprints, track progress, remove blockers, and find workarounds to keep delivery on track
• Manage stakeholders and scope: communicate clearly, align priorities, and prevent scope creep
• Drive Agile/Scrum for integrations: run ceremonies, manage backlogs in YouTrack, and report status
• Monitor and stabilize production: use Grafana and observability tools to ensure integrations stay reliable and performant
• Take full responsibility for deadlines: deliver on time, every time, by being resourceful and persistent under pressure

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on backend development experience
• 2+ years in project management or account-facing roles where you owned delivery
• Strong technical toolkit including Python, REST, gRPC, UML, BRD, DFD, ERD, Postman, GAP analysis, CJM, SQL, Apache Kafka, and Redis
• Background as an acting or former backend engineer
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum processes and tools like YouTrack and Grafana
• Proven stakeholder management and scope-control skills
• Strong communication and time-management skills, consistently delivering results under tight deadlines and pressure
• English language B2+ (both writing and speaking)
• Fluency in Russian language
• PMI, PMP, PSM, and PSPO certifications are a plus

Requirements

• Strong “get things done” mindset and ability to ship under tight deadlines
• High autonomy and sense of ownership, comfortable making independent decisions
• Strong communication skills and commitment to customer success
• Passion for technology that changes how businesses operate

Benefits

• Base Compensation: $6,400-$8,700 USD per month (negotiable based on experience)
• Employment Type: contract (1099)
• Remote-first flexibility: fully remote role with working hours aligned to 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM UTC
• High-impact role: your help determine how partners and customers realize value from AI employees, with clear revenue and performance outcomes attached to your work
• Cutting-edge AI product: contribute to a platform that lets businesses and agencies deploy voice and chat AI employees in minutes across multiple channels and tools
• Fast-moving startup environment: work in a lean, engineering-led organization that values speed, ownership, and pragmatic problem-solving over process for process’s sake
• Join a company founded by proven entrepreneurs with a track record of building successful, globally-adopted technology solutions

Interviewing Process

• HR Screening
• Level 1: 45-60-minute video interview with the Hiring Manager
• Level 2: Take-home assignment
• Level 3: 60-minute video interview with CTO
• Reference and Background Checks: conducted after successful interviews
• Job Offer: provided to the selected candidate