Senior Backend Software Engineer - Kalepa for Operations

📋 Description

• Lead the scoping, design, and delivery of complex backend systems in Python on AWS: services, data
• Build and scale LLM-based systems that process large volumes of unstructured documents and data
• Design external-facing APIs and integrations with third-party systems that customers depend on.
• Own database and query performance as data volume grows; proactively manage technical debt.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and decisions across the entire product, and iterate with
• Accurately estimate your work, consistently meet deadlines, and help others estimate theirs.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating backend systems in production.
• Know Python (our main stack), though we're open to strong candidates from other OO backgrounds.
• Experience with AWS and serverless technologies (Lambda, Step Functions), asynchronous workflows
• Strong knowledge of relational databases and their performance tuning, ideally PostgreSQL.
• Mastery of software development fundamentals: system design, debugging, testing, and
• Experience building external-facing APIs or designing integrations with third-party systems.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary (based on experience level)*.
• Significant equity options package.
• 20 days of PTO a year.
• Global team offsites (2024 - Lisbon, 2025 - Cartagena, 2026 - Tbilisi).
• Healthy living/gym stipend.
• Mobile phone bill stipend.