Software Engineer

Supersonik; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Ownership

Fast learning

Job summary

Supersonik seeks Senior Engineers to join our core team in Barcelona. You will tackle complex technical problems, shape product architecture from day one, and thrive in a fast-growing startup. You should be fluent in modern Python, async programming, and adept at building scalable, event-driven systems.

You’ll work across frontend to infrastructure to deliver high-performance demos. If you love first-principles thinking, ambiguity, and delivering products people love, you’ll fit right in with

Qualifications

• Strong experience in backend engineering with Python (FastAPI) and async programming.
• Experience building real-time, low-latency systems.
• Ability to work across frontend to infrastructure.
• Startup environment experience and fast learning mindset.

Responsibilities

• Scale a real-time, event-driven backend architecture where milliseconds matter.
• Design and implement low-latency APIs using FastAPI and Asyncio.
• Solve engineering challenges in performance, observability and resilience.
• End-to-end contributions from frontend to infrastructure.
• Collaborate on prompt engineering, LLM behaviors, and UX.
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and AWS.
• Contribute to 0→1 product development with a small, fast-moving team.

Skills

Python

Async programming

Real-time systems

Distributed systems

Problem solving

Tools

FastAPI

Asyncio

Redis

PostgreSQL

Terraform

AWS

React

GitHub

Datadog

CI/CD

Job description

About Supersonik

Supersonik helps B2B SaaS companies sell faster with AI-powered product demos. On a live video call, our AI Agent shares the screen to walk buyers through a personalized, interactive demo in any language. This lets teams skip long sales calls and focus on closing deals.

We’re backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and work with leading SaaS companies worldwide.

About the Role

We’re hiring Senior Engineers to join our core team in Barcelona.

You’ll be solving complex, technical problems and shaping the product and architecture from day one. You should thrive in high-growth startup environments, be fluent in modern Python and async programming and know how to build scalable, event-driven systems. You care about fast, real-time systems and enjoy working at the intersection of performance, AI and great user experience.

If you love solving first-principles problems, navigating ambiguity and want to build a product people love you’ll fit right in.

What You’ll Work On

• Scale a real-time, event-driven backend architecture where milliseconds matter
• Design and implement low-latency APIs using FastAPI and Asyncio
• Solve engineering challenges in performance optimization, observability, and resilience
• End to end contributions from frontend to infrastructure.
• Collaborate on prompt engineering, LLM behaviors, LLM fine-tuning and UX
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and AWS
• Contribute to 0→1 product development with a small, fast-moving team

Our Stack

• Backend: Python, FastAPI, Asyncio, Redis, PostgreSQL
• Infra: AWS, Terraform, CI/CD
• Frontend: React
• Tooling: GitHub, Datadog, Linear

Bonus Points

• Experience with LLMs (prompting, training, alignment)
• Experience with TTS, STT and real-time voice
• Experience with browser automations
• Deep knowledge of AWS, Terraform, and distributed systems
• Experience shipping 0→1 products in a startup

What You’ll Get

• Significant equity in a company backed by A16z
• Full ownership, real impact, and fast learning cycles
• A tight-knit team that values clarity, speed, and smart execution