Remote Senior Python Backend Engineer – AI & Data

Northbeam; San Francisco, Los Angeles (CA, CA); Hybrid; CAD 236,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Flexible PTO

12 company-paid holidays

12 weeks parental leave

Work-from-home stipend

Job summary

Northbeam is seeking a senior software engineer with a backend emphasis to take product problems from first principles through implementation. You’ll spend about 70% on backend and distributed systems and 20–30% on frontend, owning features across the stack when needed.

You’ll help scale our incrementality product into a reliable experimentation platform, build near-real-time ingestion, and create AI-powered workflows for marketers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and building distributed backend systems, microservices, APIs and/or data processing systems written in Python.
• Multiple years of professional experience building system architecture.
• Experience working closely with product managers, designers, and data scientists while independently driving implementation and delivery.
• Previous startup experience or working in an environment where engineers need breadth, sound judgment, and strong problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience turning ambiguous product needs into sound technical architecture and production-ready solutions.
• The ability to navigate complex datasets and interconnected tables to investigate issues, trace dependencies, and identify the right path forward in ambiguous technical situations.

Responsibilities

• Scale our new incrementality product into a reliable, repeatable experimentation platform.
• Develop near-real-time ingestion and processing capabilities to move beyond batch workflows.
• Build new AI-powered workflows that help marketers evaluate performance and act on insights.
• Improve connection-state systems and help extend the partner ecosystem across data ingestion and exports.
• Work on other product areas such as role-based access control (RBAC).
• Contribute to frontend work when needed to deliver complete experiences.

Skills

Python

Distributed backend systems

APIs

React

TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

React

TypeScript

Job description

Northbeam is seeking a senior software engineer with a backend emphasis to take product problems from first principles through implementation. You’ll spend about 70% on backend and distributed systems and 20–30% on frontend, owning features across the stack when needed.

You’ll help scale our incrementality product into a reliable experimentation platform, build near-real-time ingestion, and create AI-powered workflows for marketers.