Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs for Brands

dept; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DEPT is a Growth Invention company pushing the boundaries of technology and marketing. As a Senior Engineer, you will own sizeable backend components, drive them to completion, and align with product and design teams to deliver high-impact software.

You will mainly work on backend systems in Python, design and integrate APIs, and apply AI-assisted techniques to real client work while keeping a strong focus on reliability, performance, and scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Production-grade backend experience required.
• Strong Python proficiency and API integration experience.
• Cloud and CI/CD experience with modern stacks.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production backend services and APIs used by real clients.
• Design and implement scalable backend architectures and data schemas.
• Collaborate with product, design, and frontend teams to ship features on time.
• Apply AI-assisted capabilities to real client work and contribute reusable templates.

Skills

Backend development

Python

API design

SQL/NoSQL databases

Angular/TypeScript basics

Cloud providers

GenAI tools

LLM concepts

Git

Agile & CI/CD

Independent research

Fast-paced environment

Tools

Gemini CLI

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

DEPT is a Growth Invention company pushing the boundaries of technology and marketing. As a Senior Engineer, you will own sizeable backend components, drive them to completion, and align with product and design teams to deliver high-impact software.

You will mainly work on backend systems in Python, design and integrate APIs, and apply AI-assisted techniques to real client work while keeping a strong focus on reliability, performance, and scalable infrastructure.