Remote Senior Python Engineer - AI Platform & Scale

Ladders; United States; On-site; USD 195,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cutting-edge AI-native technologies

Collaborative team with high autonomy

Ownership of end-to-end projects

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead Python-based AI platform development, shaping data-driven, scalable architectures in a remote US-based role.

You will drive backend workflows for AI pipeline delivery, productionize LLM integrations (Bedrock), and design secure multi-tenant systems while ensuring high reliability for enterprise clients. This role emphasizes collaboration across engineering, product, and operations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, with 5+ years in Python services.
• Significant experience with cloud-native architecture and AWS services for enterprise workloads.
• Expertise in designing and managing production distributed systems with reliability and performance.
• Strong background in data-intensive architectures, PostgreSQL, and large-scale processing.
• Proficient in security practices for multi-tenant systems, including audit logging.

Responsibilities

• Drive backend development for AI workflows within a cross-functional team.
• Productionize LLM integrations and Bedrock usage and management.
• Design secure, compliant systems focused on customer data handling.
• Build scalable solutions for petabyte-scale enterprise clients.
• Enhance platform reliability with monitoring and operational tooling for LLMs and workflows.
• Implement real-time event delivery systems to support live workflow notifications.
• Contribute to critical technical decisions across platform architecture and shared services.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architecture

PostgreSQL

LLM integration

Security practices

Ambiguity handling

Agentic workflows

Tools

AWS

Bedrock

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead Python-based AI platform development, shaping data-driven, scalable architectures in a remote US-based role.

You will drive backend workflows for AI pipeline delivery, productionize LLM integrations (Bedrock), and design secure multi-tenant systems while ensuring high reliability for enterprise clients. This role emphasizes collaboration across engineering, product, and operations in a fast-paced environment.