Senior Python Engineer

Summary

Join Podium's team as a Senior Backend Python Engineer and contribute to building agentic applications using large language models (LLMs) to empower local businesses. You will be part of a fast-paced, iterative environment where you can tackle complex challenges and drive innovation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on programming experience with at least one modern language such as Python, Go, or Elixir
• Hands-on experience training, fine-tuning, and/or deploying LLM applications in production environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to decompose complex issues and drive innovation in a highly iterative development process
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team setting
• Ability to solve ambiguous problems and thrive in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy advanced agentic applications powered by large language models to help local businesses automate interactions and manage leads
• Drive the entire lifecycle of AI agent development, from conception and design to implementation and maintenance
• Engage in rapid prototyping and iterative development to refine AI solutions based on real-world performance and feedback
• Implement monitoring and evaluation systems to track the effectiveness of AI agents in production, ensuring high reliability and user satisfaction
• Contribute to a culture of innovation by staying current with industry trends in generative AI and applying cutting-edge research to practical business solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design of large-scale distributed systems and/or ML systems and tools
• Proficiency in Python, with a track record of developing AI-driven applications using this language
• Exceptional writing abilities with the capacity to craft and optimize prompts for generative AI models
• Experience with deploying, monitoring, debugging, and evaluating AI agents in production environments is a huge bonus
• Knowledge of machine learning operations (MLOps) practices

Benefits

• Open and transparent culture
• Remote-first work for Engineering & Product
• Generous vacation time, plus Brazilian national holidays off
• Competitive salary, CLT contract
• Meal ticket
• Corporate Gympass membership
• Medical and odontologic assistance
• Growth and aggressive career plan
• Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel