Senior Software Engineer, Backend (AI Agent)
Quick Summary
Cresta is on a mission to turn every customer conversation into a competitive advantage by unlocking the true potential of the contact center. Our platform combines the best of AI and human intelligence to help contact centers discover customer insights and behavioral best practices, automate…
Design, develop, and maintain scalable and robust backend architectures for Cresta’s AI Agent solutions and proprietary models.
Cresta unlocks the true potential of the customer experience, turning every conversation into a competitive advantage. Cresta’s unified AI platform combines conversational AI agents, real-time human agent augmentation, and comprehensive conversation intelligence to drive revenue and efficiency gains across every channel. The world’s leading companies, including United Airlines, Cox Communications, and Marriott, use Cresta to power world-class customer experiences every day.
Born from the Stanford AI Lab, Cresta has raised more than $270 million from the world’s leading investors, including a16z, Greylock, and Sequoia. Cresta’s leadership includes some of the leading minds in AI today. Our CEO, Ping Wu, founded and led Google's Contact Center AI and Vertex AI platforms before joining Cresta to build the future of AI-driven customer experiences.
Over the next few years, AI is going to redefine how people all over the world interact with businesses every day. Come build that future at Cresta.
About the Role
~1 min readAs a Senior Software Engineer, your goal will be to ensure that our AI Agents are backed by the most reliable and scalable server solutions. This includes designing and maintaining the server architecture that handles real-world, high-volume interactions and ensures high availability and performance. While we’re focused on server optimization and data management rather than pure research, you’ll be working with some of the most advanced technologies in the cloud and server space.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of AI at Cresta by solving complex problems and bringing breakthrough AI advancements into production environments.
Responsibilities
~1 min readWe offer a comprehensive and people-first benefits package to support you at work and in life:
- →Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with plans to fit you and your family
- →Flexible PTO to take the time you need, when you need it
- →Paid parental leave for all new parents welcoming a new child
- →Retirement savings plan to help you plan for the future
- →Remote work setup budget to help you create a productive home office
- →Monthly wellness and communication stipend to keep you connected and balanced
- →In-office meal program and commuter benefits provided for onsite employees
What We Offer
~1 min readCresta’s approach to compensation is simple: recognize impact, reward excellence, and invest in our people. We offer competitive, location-based pay that reflects the market and what each individual brings to the table.
The posted base salary range represents what we expect to pay for this role in a given location. Final offers are shaped by factors like experience, skills, education, and geography. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes equity and a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family.
Salary Range: $205,000–$270,000 + Offers Equity
We have noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where scammers attempt to access candidates' personal and financial information through fake interviews and offers. All Cresta recruiting email communications will always come from the @cresta.ai domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Cresta via other sources should be ignored. If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official Cresta employee, reach out to recruiting@cresta.ai
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- First seen
- March 26, 2026
- Last seen
- May 26, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 61
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 49%
- Scored at
- May 26, 2026
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