TED Conferences, LLC
The Software Architect, Back-End will own and design large‑scale back‑end systems for TED's media and identity platforms, building Ruby on Rails services backed by MySQL and ensuring reliable delivery to millions of users. The role involves collaborating with product managers and engineers, driving architecture decisions, and mentoring other back‑end engineers while adhering to best practices and high service level agreements.
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Company Size
51-200 employees
Founded
1984
TED is a nonprofit organization that spreads ideas through short, powerful talks—usually 18 minutes or less—delivered at its flagship conferences and at independently organized TEDx events worldwide. It curates a large digital library of videos, podcasts, articles, and educational resources (including TED-Ed) and runs programs like the TED Fellows initiative to support innovators. Covering topics from science and technology to culture, business, and global issues, TED translates content into many languages to reach a global audience. Its mission is to make great ideas accessible and to spark conversation and positive change.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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