Software Engineer, Backend

Summary

Join our client, a pioneering tech company at the forefront of blockchain and AI innovations, as a Software Engineer, Backend. This remote position offers the opportunity to contribute to the development of a modern cloud-native application stack using the latest technologies. You will tackle challenges such as designing scalable distributed systems, creating a unified application framework, optimizing performance, and developing monitoring tools. The role involves collaboration with AI engineers and the frontend team to deliver a best-in-class user experience. This position provides a supportive team environment, competitive compensation, flexible work arrangements, and continuous learning opportunities.

Requirements

• Strong expertise in Python, with a proven track record of building scalable platforms
• Thrive in a customer-focused, tight-nit and cross-functional environment - being a team player and willing to take on whatever is most impactful for the company is a must
• Experience with cloud technologies and building cloud-native applications
• Good understanding of software architecture principles, including scalability, performance, and security
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to partner with in-house product teams and clients

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-quality, secure, reliable, and efficient software solutions by writing well thought out design documents and robust, high-quality and well-tested code
• Develop our platform supporting the AI core and user-facing applications
• Collaborate with AI engineers to ensure the platform integrates seamlessly with the AI stack and algorithms and the frontend team to ensure that our customers enjoy the best-in-class user experience
• Work on continuous improvement of the platform, optimizing performance and enhancing both developer and user experience

Preferred Qualifications

• A master's or PhD degree in a quantitative discipline
• Understanding of React and experience building efficient backends for web and mobile applications
• Experience in building and maintaining systems that integrate with AI-driven solutions
• Experience working at a scale-up company

Benefits

• A supportive team environment where you can grow and make a real impact at the forefront of AI innovation
• A competitive compensation package tailored to your experience and qualifications
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• Continuous learning and development opportunities to ensure you stay at the cutting edge of AI