Senior Backend AI Engineer - Remote, Scalable Systems

Virtualent; Santa Fe Capital; Remote; ARS 136,310,000 - 212,038,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Generous PTO

Regional holidays

Remote work LATAM

Job summary

Prometeo Talent partners with a fast-growing 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 in Java and Python, owning features end-to-end while applying AI-assisted development workflows to increase productivity and reliability.

We offer 100% remote work from LATAM, laptop provisioning, generous PTO, and a culture of

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering or backend development.
• 5+ years with Python, building production-grade backend systems.
• Strong Java experience.
• Hands-on AI/LLM-based development in production environments preferred.
• Experience with distributed systems and async processing.
• Advanced English level.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services in Java and Python.
• Develop distributed systems with databases, APIs, queues, and data pipelines.
• Own features from design to monitoring and optimization.
• Build production-ready systems with reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams on technical solutions.
• Improve system performance and scalability, leveraging AI-assisted tools.
• Participate in architectural discussions and key technical decisions.

Skills

Python

Java

AI/LLM

Distributed systems

Ownership mindset

English

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Prometeo Talent partners with a fast-growing 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 in Java and Python, owning features end-to-end while applying AI-assisted development workflows to increase productivity and reliability.

We offer 100% remote work from LATAM, laptop provisioning, generous PTO, and a culture of