Senior Product / Backend Engineer (Python, AI & IoT)

Altro; Veneto; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SafeFleet seeks a Senior Product / Backend Engineer to own backend problems at the intersection of IoT, data and AI. You will design backend services for our telematics and data platform, handling streaming and large-scale vehicle data, while contributing to AI-powered features across the product.

You will build reliable infrastructure and APIs, design data models with PostgreSQL and MongoDB, and take ownership of features from idea to production in a remote-friendly environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Python (especially async frameworks).
• Experience with data processing, streaming or IoT systems.
• Solid infrastructure knowledge: Linux, Docker, AWS.
• Experience with PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases.
• Product mindset and ownership focus.
• Interest in AI and its practical applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services for telematics and data platform.
• Work with streaming and large-scale vehicle data.
• Contribute to AI-powered features across the product.
• Build reliable infrastructure and APIs powering SafeFleet.
• Design and manage data models using PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Take ownership of features from idea to production.

Skills

Python

Data processing

IoT systems

Linux

Docker

AWS

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Product ownership

AI interest

Team collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Docker

AWS

Job description

At SafeFleet, we build technology that connects vehicles, data and decisions. Our platform processes large volumes of telematics data from connected vehicles and transforms them into insights for companies managing fleets.

We're looking for a Senior Product / Backend Engineer who wants to take ownership of real product problems and help us evolve our platform with data, IoT and AI.

What you'll do

• Design and build backend services for our telematics and data platform
• Work with streaming and large-scale vehicle data
• Contribute to AI-powered features across the product
• Build reliable infrastructure and APIs powering the SafeFleet platform
• Design and manage data models and storage using databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB
• Take ownership of features from idea to production

What we're looking for

• Strong experience with Python (especially async frameworks)
• Experience with data processing, streaming or IoT systems
• Solid infrastructure knowledge: Linux, Docker, AWS
• Experience working with databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB
• Product mindset and strong sense of ownership
• Interest in AI and how it can improve real products
• Team player, enthusiastic and motivated to build things that matter

Nice to have

• Experience with event-driven architectures
• Familiarity with AI APIs / LLM integrations
• Experience working with high-volume data systems

What we value

We care about engineers who:

• take responsibility for the product, not just the code
• like working collaboratively in small, focused teams
• are curious and excited about new technologies like AI

Location: Italy / Remote-friendly. The candidate should be resident in Italy, even if remote.

If you enjoy building real products at the intersection of IoT, data and AI , we'd love to talk.