Senior Software Engineer - AI Platform, Equity & Unlimited PTO

Alivo; South Portland (ME); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee equity

401(k)

Job summary

Alivo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain core product features across our platform. You will work end-to-end on backend services (Python, FastAPI) and frontend (React), owning projects from design to deployment while shaping the technical foundation for scalable AI-powered customer communication.

You will also drive AI-powered experiences, improve reliability and security, and collaborate closely with Product and Leadership to deliver customer value quickly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong full-stack development experience with Python and React.
• Experience building and deploying production software applications.
• Experience working with AI, LLMs, or machine learning-powered products.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, API design, and scalable systems.
• Experience with CI/CD, deployment automation, and modern software development practices.
• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Experience with observability, infrastructure-as-code, or release engineering.
• Experience with security best practices and secure software development.
• Eligible to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core product functionality across the platform.
• Build backend services using Python and FastAPI.
• Develop frontend functionality using React.
• Own projects from technical design through deployment and maintenance.
• Collaborate with Product and Leadership to deliver customer value quickly.
• Develop and improve LLM-powered functionality across the platform.
• Design integrations, orchestration systems, and supporting infrastructure.
• Improve reliability, performance, and security of AI-powered features.
• Drive engineering excellence and code quality across the team.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and release processes.
• Contribute to security, access controls, and secure development practices.
• Mentor and elevate other members of the engineering team.

Skills

Full-stack development

Python

React

AI/LLMs

API design

CI/CD

Security best practices

Observability

Collaboration/leadership

Tools

PostgreSQL

Django

FastAPI

Flask

Azure

Job description

Alivo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain core product features across our platform. You will work end-to-end on backend services (Python, FastAPI) and frontend (React), owning projects from design to deployment while shaping the technical foundation for scalable AI-powered customer communication.

You will also drive AI-powered experiences, improve reliability and security, and collaborate closely with Product and Leadership to deliver customer value quickly.