Spec-Driven Backend Engineer (AI-Assisted, Remote EU)

Redtrack Technologies LTD; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote from EU

Flexible hours

21 vacation days

10 personal holidays

Sick leave

Maternity/paternity leave

Stock options

Job summary

RedTrack Technologies LTD is seeking the first software engineer to join an AI-first, spec-driven development model. The role focuses on turning requirements into precise technical specifications, identifying ambiguities, and guiding AI-driven implementation with clear acceptance criteria.

You will review AI-generated code, design production-grade backend components, and establish guardrails and tooling for reliable, scalable systems while working remotely with an international team.

Qualifications

• Experience with backend systems and scalable architectures.
• Ability to turn ambiguous requirements into precise specs.
• Proficient in evaluating code written by others.
• Strong testing, debugging, and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and production engineering practices.
• Hands-on with AI coding tools or strong interest in AI-assisted development.
• Proactive ownership and ability to work independently in a new model.
• Russian language proficiency (native/C2) required; English for technical communication.
• EU residence required.

Responsibilities

• Turn product and technical requirements into clear, implementation-ready specifications.
• Identify ambiguity, hidden assumptions, constraints, failure scenarios, and technical risks before implementation begins.
• Use AI agents to implement solutions by providing specifications, context, constraints, and acceptance criteria, and guiding implementation iterations.
• Review and verify AI-generated and unfamiliar code for correctness, architectural fit, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Design reliable backend components and data access patterns for production-scale systems.
• Validate solutions through testing, benchmarking, profiling, runtime metrics, and other relevant evidence.
• Investigate failures and continuously improve engineering guardrails, tooling, specifications, and AI-agent instructions.

Skills

Backend engineering

Ambiguity to specs

Code review (others' code)

CI/CD

Observability

Problem solving

AI tooling interest

Ownership

Russian language proficiency

English for technical communication

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Observability tools

Job description

RedTrack Technologies LTD is seeking the first software engineer to join an AI-first, spec-driven development model. The role focuses on turning requirements into precise technical specifications, identifying ambiguities, and guiding AI-driven implementation with clear acceptance criteria.

You will review AI-generated code, design production-grade backend components, and establish guardrails and tooling for reliable, scalable systems while working remotely with an international team.