Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Python / Django)

Jobot; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in startup

Flexible hours

Generous PTO

401k with 4% match

Health, dental, vision coverage

Small team autonomy

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a fast-growing AI-driven SaaS data analytics platform. You will design, build, and maintain scalable systems, APIs, and data pipelines across the stack, collaborating with Product, Sales, and Leadership.

The role offers significant technical influence, ownership over architecture, and opportunities to mentor engineers in a high-visibility environment. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software engineering, strong full-stack skills, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong full-stack development experience
• Experience building and supporting distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and scalable cloud-based applications
• Hands-on experience with modern cloud infrastructure and deployment practices
• Strong problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
• Experience with or willingness to work extensively in Python, Django, Node.js, JavaScript frameworks, AWS, relational databases, and event-driven architectures

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support software across the full technology stack
• Build and maintain APIs, microservices, backend services, and data pipelines
• Contribute to system architecture, infrastructure, and database design decisions
• Partner closely with Product, Sales, Customer Success, and Leadership teams
• Review code and promote engineering best practices across the organization
• Support ML initiatives through experimentation, testing, and model iteration
• Help shape the future direction of the engineering organization through technical leadership and mentorship

Skills

Full-stack development

Distributed systems

APIs & microservices

Cloud infrastructure

Problem solving

Communication

Python

Django

Node.js

JavaScript frameworks

AWS

Relational databases

Event-driven architectures

Job description

Job details:

Groundbreaking SaaS Data Analytics platform for Healthcare Providers / Meaningful equity!

This Jobot Job is hosted by: Craig Rosecrans

Salary: $80,000 - $165,000 per year

A bit about us:

We are partnering with a rapidly growing AI-driven SaaS company that is transforming how organizations leverage data, analytics, and automation to drive business outcomes. Backed by strong recurring revenue growth and an award-winning product, the company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help scale its platform and contribute to key technical and product decisions.

This is a highly visible role offering significant influence over architecture, product direction, engineering standards, and future hiring decisions. The ideal candidate enjoys working across the entire technology stack, thrives in fast-moving environments, and wants to build products that solve meaningful real-world problems at scale.

Why join us?

• Competitive Base Salary
• Excellent health, dental and vision coverage
• Equity in high-growth start-up (not in lieu of a salary)
• Flexible Hours
• Very generous PTO
• 401k plan with 4% match
• Small team, autonomy
• Many more great perks!

Job Details

1. Design, develop, test, deploy, and support software across the full technology stack
2. Build and maintain APIs, microservices, backend services, and data pipelines
3. Contribute to system architecture, infrastructure, and database design decisions
4. Partner closely with Product, Sales, Customer Success, and Leadership teams
5. Review code and promote engineering best practices across the organization
6. Support machine learning initiatives through experimentation, testing, and model iteration
7. Help shape the future direction of the engineering organization through technical leadership and mentorship

Qualifications

1. 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
2. Strong full-stack development experience
3. Experience building and supporting distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and scalable cloud-based applications
4. Hands-on experience with modern cloud infrastructure and deployment practices
5. Strong problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail
6. Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
7. Experience with or willingness to work extensively in technologies such as Python, Django, Node.js, JavaScript frameworks, AWS, relational databases, and event-driven architectures

AI-Assisted Development Requirements

This organization embraces AI as a core part of the software development lifecycle. Engineers are expected to leverage modern AI coding tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, enhance testing, and increase overall productivity.

The ideal candidate already uses tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar AI-powered development platforms on a daily basis. Experience using Claude specifically for code generation, refactoring, debugging, architecture discussions, documentation, test creation, and problem solving is highly valued.

Candidates who view AI as an essential engineering partner rather than an occasional experiment will be most successful in this environment. Curiosity, adaptability, and enthusiasm for AI-assisted software development are considered critical attributes for this role.

Preferred Experience

• Machine Learning and AI frameworks
• Large-scale data processing and analytics platforms
• Telephony, messaging, or communication APIs
• Marketing technology integrations
• HIPAA-compliant applications and healthcare technology environments

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.