Senior Backend Engineer

New York, New York

Data Engineering

Permanent

Our client, a seed-stage AI Startup, are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer join their team in New York. The successful candidate will play a key role in building the next generation of web platforms within a fast-paced startup environment, transforming the way data is explored and understood.

Responsibilities

As the Senior Backend Engineer, you will collaborate with Product and Design teams to gather and execute technical requirements.
You will design, test and maintain features that improve the user experience for data exploration and analysis.
Identify and resolve production issues and optimize performance.
Build integrations with third-party applications.
Incorporate machine learning services into the web platform using internal and third-party APIs.

Skillset

Minimum of four years of experience developing and maintaining production systems using Python.
Proficient in Django, FastAPI, Flask as well as web APIs (REST, GraphQL, WebSocket).
Experienced in using containerized services (Docker + Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Strong knowledge of data warehousing solutions (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery) and databases (Postgres, MySQL).
Keen interest in Generative AI and Natural Language Processing.