Senior Data Products Backend Engineer (AI-Driven)

SwiftCruit; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

401K Retirement Savings Plan

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Onsite gym

Office perks

Job summary

SwiftCruit in Chicago is seeking a senior software engineer to build and maintain production APIs, backend services, and data-processing systems powering internal and customer-facing capabilities.

You will own the full software lifecycle—from design to deployment, monitoring, and on-call incident response—while aggressively integrating AI tools to optimize engineering workflows and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Requires minimum 5 years of experience in software development or data engineering.
• Strong proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language.
• Track record delivering production software and commitment to integrating AI into development practice.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production APIs, backend services, and data-processing systems.
• Own the full software lifecycle including design, deployment, monitoring, and on-call incident response.

Skills

Backend Development

API Design

Distributed Systems

Data Modeling

AI-Assisted Engineering

Cloud Infrastructure

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Observability

Event-Driven Architecture

Unit Testing

Integration Testing

Relational Databases

System Design

Technical Leadership

Job description

SwiftCruit in Chicago is seeking a senior software engineer to build and maintain production APIs, backend services, and data-processing systems powering internal and customer-facing capabilities.

You will own the full software lifecycle—from design to deployment, monitoring, and on-call incident response—while aggressively integrating AI tools to optimize engineering workflows and collaboration across teams.