Sr Software Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on May 23, 2026. Prometric Japan scores B on the Alion truth index.
Job Title : Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Reports to: Engineering Manger
Department: Product Development
Location: Remote U.S.A
COMPANY BACKGROUND
Prometric (prometric.com) is a global leader in credentialing and skills development, building the workforce of tomorrow across all industries and professions in 180+ countries with the largest testing center footprint of any assessment provider. With more than 30 years of assessment expertise, innovation, and best-in-class solutions, Prometric changes lives to create a better world.
As a Backend Engineer, you build the foundation and core functionality surfaced to B2B customers with our SaaS platform. You fuse traditional Software Engineering techniques with a wealth of AI capabilities to fundamentally change the way customers perform work. Your primary focus will be on building robust services for AI-powered systems. This role provides an exciting and rare opportunity for those looking to be a part of the evolving AI journey while solving real-world problems.
Responsibilities:
Design and implement back-end REST services using Python, Django and other relevant technologies
Make decisions on database schemas, communication protocols, and other transactional logic
Deliver high-quality code following best practices & coding standards, including clean code, unit tests, and CI-CD
Collaborate with stakeholders & frontend engineers on the requirements, functionality and traits of services
Take ownership and lead projects to deliver new features and functionality
Create Proofs-of-Concept and perform R&D to explore and discover novel solutions
Design cloud solutions composed of both infrastructure and services
Collaborate with Tech Lead & ML Engineers to integrate AI technologies to solve business problems
Work in an agile environment, employing an experimental approach to adapt to the evolving needs of a growing startup
Provide troubleshooting and bug-fixing support to ensure the smooth operation of our software solutions
Qualifications:
At least 10 years experience in a Software Engineer role or similar position, with a strong emphasis on full-stack web development
Deep experience in Python software engineering, able to meet modern best practices and mentor other engineers
At least 5 years experience with one or more Python services frameworks such as Django, Flask or FastAPI
Demonstrated experience building line-of-business applications or customer facing products, preferably with experience developing B2B SaaS applications
System design and solution engineering experience, able to wield both infrastructure and application logic to solve business problems
Knowledge of modern cloud deployments on AWS utilizing resources such as S3, ECS/EKS,
RDS and lambdas to compose solutions
Familiarity with basic with DevOps practices (Github Actions, Infrastructure-as-code, etc)
Excellent troubleshooting skills, with the ability to identify, triage and address errors, bugs, and technical limitations
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
A track record of learning new techniques & technology, staying up-to-date with industry trends, and learning new tools and growing your skills
Experience integrating AI technologies into applications is desirable but optional
Join us and play a crucial part in a market leading company that has the power to reshape education assessment worldwide. This role offers the candidate an exceptional chance to combine traditional software engineering with applying AI capabilities to solve real world problems.
Your technological contribution will put you on the leading edge of modern software engineering by employing AI to solve real-world problems! Apply today and ignite your passion for innovation.