As a Senior Software Engineer, Back End, you will design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems that power high-impact digital experiences. You will play a key role in shaping platform architecture, API design, and integration patterns across services, leveraging modern microservice frameworks and cloud infrastructure. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will ensure reliability, performance, and seamless user experiences while adopting AI-driven tools to enhance software development. This role combines hands-on coding, architectural decision-making, and mentoring opportunities in a collaborative, fast-paced, and distributed engineering environment. You will have the chance to influence the platform's technical direction and help deliver products that directly improve customers' experiences.

Accountabilities

Design, implement, and maintain scalable Python microservices powering the platform
Make backend architecture decisions and contribute to API design, integration, and microservice patterns
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to deliver seamless customer experiences
Deploy, monitor, and support systems in production, participating in an on-call rotation
Drive engineering best practices, including code review, automated testing, iterative delivery, and continuous deployment
Leverage AWS, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps tooling to ensure system reliability and performance
Integrate AI-powered developer tools and explore the use of LLMs to enhance development workflows
Participate in architectural discussions, mentorship, and cross-functional problem solving to continuously improve engineering standards

Requirements

5+ years of professional experience delivering software projects to production, including design, implementation, deployment, and iteration
Proficiency with Python and experience building backend systems using microservice architectures
Solid understanding of AWS services, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes)
Experience leveraging AI-powered developer tools or LLMs in software engineering
Familiarity with modern software engineering practices including logging, monitoring, automated testing, and continuous deployment
Ability to work independently, make sound decisions, and thrive in a distributed, collaborative team environment
Strong problem-solving, communication, and critical-thinking skills
Preferred: experience with financial services, fintech, real estate, home lending technology, modern frontend frameworks, API contract design, and observability tools like Datadog

Benefits

Competitive salary range: $160,000 - $190,000 USD annually
Fully remote work flexibility with optional office presence in Seattle, Detroit, or New York
Health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) plan with company contributions
Paid time off and opportunities for professional growth and development
Dynamic, collaborative, and fast-paced startup environment with exposure to cutting-edge AI-driven development tools

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When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.

🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.

📊 It compares your profile to the job's core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.

🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.

🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role.

Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.

Thank you for your interest!