Remote Senior Python/React Engineer – AI-Driven Backend

Houst; United States; Remote; USD 54,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Houst is hiring a senior software engineer to own backend features end to end, primarily Python with React on the frontend. The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, code review, and production-grade practices.

You will work with a small, senior team, collaborating across product, operations and growth while delivering robust services and integrations. Location is fully remote from Georgia, with overlap to UK hours.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development.
• Hands-on Python and React experience.
• Experience shipping production systems.
• Strong API design and relational DB experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and ship backend services and APIs (Python, Flask, PostgreSQL) and the React frontends they power.
• Lead by example on AI-assisted development and automated review.
• Set and uphold the engineering bar: CI, testing, observability and safe releases on AWS.
• Integrate with third-party platforms (Airbnb, booking channels, payments, messaging).
• Collaborate with product and ops to turn real-world hosting problems into software.

Skills

Python

React

API design

AWS

CI/CD

SQL

Tools

PostgreSQL

Docker

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

AWS

Job description

Houst is hiring a senior software engineer to own backend features end to end, primarily Python with React on the frontend. The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, code review, and production-grade practices.

You will work with a small, senior team, collaborating across product, operations and growth while delivering robust services and integrations. Location is fully remote from Georgia, with overlap to UK hours.