Software Engineer, Backend (Cluj)

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 conversations and inefficient processes and empower every team member to work smarter and faster. Born from the prestigious Stanford AI lab Crestas co-founder and chairman is the German Sebastian Thrun the genius behind Google X Waymo Udacity and more. Our leadership also includes CEO Ping Wu the co-founder of Google Contact Center AI and Vertex AI platform and co-founder Tim Shi an early member of Open AI.

Weve assembled a world-class team of AI and ML experts go-to-market leaders and top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz Greylock Partners Sequoia and former AT&T CEO John Donovan. Our valued customers include brands like Intuit Cox Communications Hilton and Carmax and weve been recognized by Forbes and Bain Consulting as one of the top private AI companies in the world.

Join us on this thrilling journey to revolutionize the contact center workforce with AI. The future of work is here and its at Cresta.

About the role:

The Knowledge Assist (KA) team at Cresta builds AI solutions that help contact center agents access the right knowledge at the right time. Our projects include real-time generative assistance (GenKA) knowledge search (KS) retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) capabilities and knowledge connectors to integrate with customer systems.

We are looking for a software engineer who enjoys working across the stack and thrives in a dynamic fast-paced environment. While this role leans toward backend development a full stack skill set is highly valued.

Responsibilities:

• Build scalable reliable backend services that power real-time AI assistance and search.
• Design APIs and data flows to support integrations with knowledge bases and customer systems.
• Work across the stack when needed including backend frontend and infrastructure layers.
• Collaborate closely with product managers machine learning engineers and fellow software engineers.
• Take ownership of projects end-to-end from design through implementation and operation in production.
• Contribute to technical discussions architecture reviews and continuous improvement efforts.

Qualifications We Value:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in software engineering roles.
• Strong backend development skills preferably with Python Go or similar languages.
• Proficiency in designing clear maintainable APIs (e.g. REST gRPC).
• Familiarity with frontend development (e.g. React or similar frameworks) is a plus.
• Experience working with databases (PostgreSQL ClickHouse Elasticsearch or equivalents).
• Solid understanding of system design distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure).
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative working style.