Senior Backend Engineer

As an SDE 1, you will build and run the Python backend services and platform infrastructure behind our AI products. You will ship features end-to-end, keep systems reliable and easy to deploy, and grow through mentorship and real ownership.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain scalable backend services and REST APIs in Python.
• Write clean, tested code and take part in code reviews.
• Design data models and queries on SQL databases using ORMs.
• Build CI/CD pipelines and containerise services with Docker for cloud deployment.
• Contribute to Infrastructure as Code, automation and internal developer tooling.
• Add logging, monitoring and alerting; help debug production issues.
• Work with Product, Design and front-end engineers to deliver features.

Requirements:

• 1-3 years of experience in software development with strong Python skills.
• Experience building APIs with FastAPI, Flask or Django.
• Working knowledge of SQL databases (PostgreSQL / MySQL) and an ORM.
• Hands-on experience with Git, Docker and the Linux command line.
• Familiarity with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins) and a cloud platform (AWS, GCP or Azure).
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Good to have:

• Kubernetes, Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
• Supabase, Redis, Celery or message queues.
• Basic JavaScript / TypeScript and ReactJS; interest in AI / LLM applications.

Skills

Google Cloud (GCP), Node.js, PostgreSQL, Python, CI / CD, DevOps