The posting
About Parakeet
Parakeet is the AI‑powered risk & compliance platform built for industrial enterprises. Our agent‑driven workflows cut third‑party verification and risk‑management costs by up to 50 %, unifying data from devices, vendors, and internal systems into a single source of truth.
The Role
We’re expanding our core engineering team with a pragmatic full‑stack engineer who can ship production‑ready features end‑to‑end. You’ll own services across the stack—from REST/GraphQL APIs to responsive front‑end components—and help scale a platform processing millions of risk events per day.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend services in Node.js (TypeScript) and Python
- Model and optimize relational data in PostgreSQL; write efficient, migration‑safe SQL
- Integrate and tune QStash/Upstash queues for event‑driven workloads and background jobs
- Deploy, secure, and monitor workloads on Cloudflare Workers/Durable Objects, Pages, and R2
- Build modern, testable UI components (React + TypeScript) that surface complex compliance data simply
- Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to translate requirements into shippable code
- Write unit, integration, and end‑to‑end tests; enforce CI/CD and code‑review best practices
- Profile, debug, and harden systems for security, performance, and reliability in regulated environments
Minimum Qualifications
- 3+ years professional experience building and operating production web services
- Proficiency with Node.js and at least one Python web framework (FastAPI, Flask, Django, etc.)
- Solid grasp of SQL, database schema design, and query optimization on PostgreSQL
- Experience with message queues, pub/sub, or event streams (e.g., QStash, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Familiarity with edge‑compute or serverless platforms (Cloudflare, AWS Lambda, Vercel, etc.)
- Comfortable with modern front‑end frameworks (React a plus) and TypeScript
- Track record of shipping features in an agile environment with code reviews and automated testing
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher (CEFR)
Nice to Have
- Exposure to compliance, fintech, or industrial IoT data pipelines
- Knowledge of AI/LLM integration patterns or vector search (e.g., pgvector)
- Security‑first mindset (OWASP, secure SDLC) and experience with SOC 2 or ISO 27001 controls
Why Parakeet
- Mission‑driven team tackling a multibillion‑dollar pain point in risk & compliance
- Green‑field engineering challenges at scale—edge compute, real‑time analytics, and AI agents
- Competitive salary, meaningful equity, health benefits, and remote‑first culture
- Autonomy to shape architecture, processes, and ultimately the direction of the product



