Remote Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Powered SaaS

Prometric; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Prometric is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to design and implement robust backend services for our AI-enabled SaaS platform. You will architect data models, drive RESTful APIs, and collaborate with frontend and ML teams in a remote, startup-like environment.

We value deep Python expertise, Django/Flask/FastAPI experience, and a track record of delivering B2B SaaS products on AWS. Strong problem-solving and communication skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years experience in a Software Engineer role or similar position, with a strong emphasis on full-stack web development.
• Deep experience in Python software engineering, able to meet modern best practices and mentor other engineers.
• At least 5 years experience with one or more Python services frameworks such as Django, Flask or FastAPI.
• Demonstrated experience building line-of-business applications or customer facing products, preferably with experience developing B2B SaaS applications.
• System design and solution engineering experience, able to wield both infrastructure and application logic to solve business problems.
• Knowledge of modern cloud deployments on AWS utilizing resources such as S3, ECS/EKS,
• RDS and lambdas to compose solutions.
• Familiarity with basic with DevOps practices (Github Actions, Infrastructure-as-code, etc)
• Excellent troubleshooting skills, with the ability to identify, triage and address errors, bugs, and technical limitations
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A track record of learning new techniques & technology, staying up-to-date with industry trends, and learning new tools and growing your skills
• Experience integrating AI technologies into applications is desirable but optional

Responsibilities

• Design and implement back-end REST services using Python, Django and other relevant technologies
• Make decisions on database schemas, communication protocols, and other transactional logic
• Deliver high-quality code following best practices & coding standards, including clean code, unit tests, and CI-CD
• Collaborate with stakeholders & frontend engineers on the requirements, functionality and traits of services
• Take ownership and lead projects to deliver new features and functionality
• Create Proofs-of-Concept and perform R&D to explore and discover novel solutions
• Design cloud solutions composed of both infrastructure and services
• Collaborate with Tech Lead & ML Engineers to integrate AI technologies to solve business problems
• Work in an agile environment, employing an experimental approach to adapt to the evolving needs of a growing startup
• Provide troubleshooting and bug-fixing support to ensure the smooth operation of our software solutions

Skills

Python

Full-stack

Mentoring

REST APIs

AWS

AI integration

CI/CD

Tools

Django

Flask

FastAPI

GitHub Actions

Job description

Prometric is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to design and implement robust backend services for our AI-enabled SaaS platform. You will architect data models, drive RESTful APIs, and collaborate with frontend and ML teams in a remote, startup-like environment.

We value deep Python expertise, Django/Flask/FastAPI experience, and a track record of delivering B2B SaaS products on AWS. Strong problem-solving and communication skills are essential for success.