Senior Backend Engineer (Python) — m/f/d

<p>We're a fast-growing product company building an AI-powered platform used by thousands of teams every day. We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to own critical services end-to-end — from design to production — and help us scale to the next order of magnitude. You'll join a small, senior team where your decisions have real impact.</p>
<h3>Tasks</h3>
<p>- Design, build and operate scalable backend services (Python / FastAPI) and REST APIs.<br>
- Model and optimize PostgreSQL schemas; write efficient async queries.<br>
- Own services end-to-end: architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and monitoring.<br>
- Integrate third-party APIs and internal microservices behind a gateway.<br>
- Improve reliability, performance and security under high concurrency.<br>
- Collaborate with product and frontend to ship features that matter.<br>
- Mentor mid-level engineers and raise the bar on code quality.</p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>- 5+ years building production backend systems in Python.<br>
- Strong experience with FastAPI (or Flask/Django) and async programming.<br>
- Solid PostgreSQL skills: schema design, indexing, query optimization.<br>
- Experience designing and scaling REST APIs and microservices.<br>
- Comfortable with Docker, CI/CD and cloud (AWS preferred).<br>
- Good understanding of auth (JWT/OAuth), caching and message queues.<br>
- Clear written and spoken English; pragmatic, ownership mindset.<br>
Nice to have: Kubernetes, SQLAlchemy, observability (Prometheus/Grafana), LLM/AI integrations</p>
<h3>Benefits</h3>
<p>- Competitive salary + equity.<br>
- Remote-friendly with flexible hours.<br>
- Top-tier hardware and a yearly learning budget.<br>
- 30 days paid vacation.<br>
- Small senior team, real ownership, fast decisions.</p>
<p><strong>Skills:</strong> Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, REST APIs, Microservices, SQLAlchemy, CI/CD, Redis</p>
<p>If you like owning hard problems and shipping reliable systems at scale, we'd love to talk. The process is quick: a short AI video interview, then a technical conversation with the team. Apply today.</p>
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