Senior Backend AI Engineer - Remote

Lever, Inc.; Municipio de Rincón de los Sauces; Remote; ARS 181,747,000 - 257,474,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work LATAM

Laptop provided

Generous PTO

Regional holidays

Job summary

Prometeo Talent is partnering with a US-based cybersecurity startup to hire a Senior Backend Engineer who thrives in startup environments and enjoys building scalable systems from the ground up.

You will design, build, and maintain distributed backend services using Java and Python, leverage AI-assisted development, and take ownership from design to deployment, contributing to product evolution and platform growth.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering or backend development
• 5+ years of professional experience with Python, building and maintaining production-grade backend systems
• Strong experience with Java
• Hands-on experience with AI/LLM-based application development in production environments
• Experience building AI-driven features, LLM integrations, or agentic workflows
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalable architectures, and asynchronous processing
• Experience working with databases, message queues, and data processing pipelines
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments
• Proven experience building, maintaining, optimizing, and improving products after launch
• Strong ownership mindset, autonomy, and ability to thrive in startup or fast-paced environments
• Advanced English level

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Python
• Develop distributed systems involving databases, APIs, message queues, and data processing pipelines
• Take full ownership of features and services throughout their lifecycle, from design and implementation to monitoring and optimization
• Build production-ready systems with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Improve system performance, scalability, and operational efficiency across the platform
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while ensuring code quality and engineering best practices
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to key technical decisions as the company scales
• Continuously improve development processes, tooling, and engineering standards

Skills

Python

Java

AI/LLM

Distributed systems

Advanced English

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Prometeo Talent is partnering with a US-based cybersecurity startup to hire a Senior Backend Engineer who thrives in startup environments and enjoys building scalable systems from the ground up.

You will design, build, and maintain distributed backend services using Java and Python, leverage AI-assisted development, and take ownership from design to deployment, contributing to product evolution and platform growth.