Senior Python Backend Engineer — Scalable AI Data Systems

Datasite; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Other employee benefits

Job summary

Datasite is seeking a Sr Backend Engineer (Python) to join our team in a hybrid NYC role with 3 days in office on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. You will develop high-performance backend services and collaborate with a Full Stack team to deliver new user experiences.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software engineering experience, solid Python, and experience with AWS and distributed systems. You will help improve security, performance, and data infrastructure, with access to a competitive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong Python experience.
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Craft high-quality code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for scalable software systems.
• Uphold and advocate for these standards during code review.
• Work closely with a Full Stack team to deliver new user experiences.
• Drive improvements to product quality, security, and performance that impact your team.
• Optimize the runtime of our distributed system, including AWS services, databases, and our search engine. Your goal will be to achieve ambitious performance targets at all levels of our architecture, from the customer-facing API down to the lowest layer.
• Collaborate with Machine Learning Engineers to develop new AI-powered features.
• Design and deploy scalable data infrastructure within a distributed event-driven architecture.

Skills

Python

DSA

AWS

Event-driven

ElasticSearch

MongoDB

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Datasite is seeking a Sr Backend Engineer (Python) to join our team in a hybrid NYC role with 3 days in office on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. You will develop high-performance backend services and collaborate with a Full Stack team to deliver new user experiences.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software engineering experience, solid Python, and experience with AWS and distributed systems. You will help improve security, performance, and data infrastructure, with access to a competitive