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Join our teams in Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Prishtina or Sarajevo to help us solve complex problems, experiment with new tools, and push the limits of AI-powered development.\nAbout Povio:\nWe began our journey with Y Combinator, the world's top startup accelerator. With innovation at our core, we develop cutting-edge digital products for industry leaders like Volkswagen, the founder of Reddit, Serena Williams, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Startups and scale-ups are in our DNA, and we love turning bold ideas into polished high-impact solutions.\nWhat You'll Do:\nDesign, build, and maintain back-end services with Python.\nUse AI-assisted, agentic, and spec-driven workflows to improve delivery quality, reduce rework, and increase engineering leverage.\nContribute to AI-powered products and features, from LLM integrations to intelligent workflows and automation.\nCollaborate with designers, PMs, QAs, and engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.\nTake ownership of features from planning and implementation through testing, documentation, and delivery.\nOptimize applications for performance, reliability, and maintainability.\nActively explore new technologies and bring fresh ideas into the team.\nYou’ll Be a Great Fit If You Have:\n 5+ years of experience in software development (3+ years with Python).\nStrong experience with Django, Flask, or FastAPI. \nHands-on experience with AI-powered developer tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot…) and agentic approaches, paired with the engineering judgment needed to validate the outcome.\nFocus on writing clean, testable, maintainable code.\nPassion for exploring new technologies and applying them in real-world projects.\nGood communication skills and fluency in English for effective collaboration with both your team and international clients.\nNice/Bonus if you've:\nDesigned, built, or operated LLM-powered systems in production environments.\nWorked with evaluation, monitoring, or handling non-deterministic model behavior at scale.\nWhat We Offer:\nExpert Team: collaborate with ambitious, supportive engineers who care deeply about quality, learning, and helping each other succeed.\nContinuous Growth: work alongside experienced engineers, explore new technologies, and continuously evolve how you build software.\nModern Engineering Culture: be at the front edge of AI-assisted, agentic, and spec-driven development with the freedom to keep exploring as the industry evolves and ship more without dropping quality.\nMeaningful Work: build products for top U.S. and European companies, solving diverse technical and business challenges across industries.\nReal Ownership: contribute beyond implementation, influence technical decisions, and see the direct impact of your work on products used by real users.\nFlexible Schedule: join one of our teams in Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Sarajevo, or Prishtina and enjoy a hybrid way of work with flexible hours.\nInterested? If you're a growth-minded engineer who's excited to build with AI and push what's possible in modern Python development, we'd love to meet you!\nQuestions? 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