Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Driven Trust & Safety

Rover; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 63,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term incentive plan

Pension plan

Private medical insurance

25 days PTO

Meal allowance

Job summary

Rover’s Trust & Safety Engineering team in Barcelona is seeking a senior software engineer to help build scalable backend systems that prevent incidents in real time. You’ll combine Python/Django expertise with AI-augmented workflows, mentoring teammates, and collaborating with product, design, and data science to ship robust, safe experiences for pets and their people.

Based in Poblenou, Barcelona, you’ll join a hybrid, full-time role with sponsorship and relocation support.

Qualifications

• Experience building backend systems with scalability in mind.
• Strong focus on testing, observability, and reliability.
• Proficiency in Python/Django and related ecosystems.
• Experience mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development and prompt engineering.

Skills

Backend engineering

Code quality

AI tooling

Cross-functional leadership

Learning mindset

Tools

Python

Django

Celery

Redis

Elasticsearch

REST API

React

Job description

Rover’s Trust & Safety Engineering team in Barcelona is seeking a senior software engineer to help build scalable backend systems that prevent incidents in real time. You’ll combine Python/Django expertise with AI-augmented workflows, mentoring teammates, and collaborating with product, design, and data science to ship robust, safe experiences for pets and their people.

Based in Poblenou, Barcelona, you’ll join a hybrid, full-time role with sponsorship and relocation support.