Senior Backend Engineer - AI & Scalable Systems (Remote)

Agileengine, Llc.; La Pampa; Remote; ARS 136,310,000 - 227,183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company laptop and equipment

Generous PTO and regional holidays

Job summary

Prometeo Talent is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join an early-stage US-based cybersecurity startup. The role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend services using Java and Python, with autonomous ownership of features from design to deployment.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software engineering, strong Java, Python expertise, and hands-on experience with AI/LLM-based workflows. Remote work from LATAM is supported, with a laptop provided and generous PTO.

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 (AI agents, agentic systems, or LLM-powered applications).
• Experience building AI-driven features, LLM integrations, or agentic workflows in production environments is highly preferred.
• 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

Backend engineering

Python

Java

AI/LLM development

Distributed systems

Ownership mindset

Advanced English

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Prometeo Talent is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join an early-stage US-based cybersecurity startup. The role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend services using Java and Python, with autonomous ownership of features from design to deployment.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software engineering, strong Java, Python expertise, and hands-on experience with AI/LLM-based workflows. Remote work from LATAM is supported, with a laptop provided and generous PTO.