Staff Engineer Python

Connectis; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Connectis is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to own parts of a real-time distributed backend written in Python and Rust. You will lead large initiatives with minimal guidance, drive platform reliability, and coordinate SOC 2 compliance activities. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in Python and prior staff-level experience at startups.

Remote collaboration is standard, with a focus on delivering high-quality, scalable cloud-based infrastructure and strong ownership across teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Python development.
• Previous experience as a Staff or Principal Engineer at a startup.
• Leadership experience, including leading teams and large projects.
• Deep understanding of networking protocols and operating systems.
• Strong Python profiling knowledge.
• Experience delivering and troubleshooting a production-grade cloud-based distributed system.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm.
• Experience with observability stacks and gRPC.

Responsibilities

• Own parts of the core backend infrastructure in a real-time distributed system written in Python and Rust.
• Lead large, ambiguously defined initiatives end-to-end with minimal guidance.
• Drive down incident rate and resolve stability issues on the platform.
• Handle SOC 2 related responsibilities and coordinate with the responsible person.
• Improve development velocity while maintaining high reliability.

Skills

Python

Rust

Go

C++

Swift

Java

LLM prompting skills

networking protocols

operating systems

Python profiling

Education

BSc in Software Development

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

gRPC

Observability stacks

Job description

• Python
• LLM
• Cloud
• GRPC
• Rust
• Go
• C++
• Swift
• Java
• Infrastructure as Code

Together with our Business Partner, a fast-growing, VC-backed conversational AI company building real-time voice AI for one of the world's largest consumer industries, we are looking for an experienced specialist to deliver projects as a Staff Backend Engineer. The Partner's platform already runs live across hundreds of locations for well-known international brands, holding natural spoken conversations and completing transactions end-to-end in demanding acoustic conditions where generic voice assistants fall short.

• Owning parts of the core backend infrastructure, a complex real-time distributed system written in Python and Rust.
• Owning large, complex initiatives end-to-end, including projects with incomplete or evolving requirements, delivered with minimal guidance.
• Driving down the incident rate across the platform.
• Resolving stability issues and highly complex production problems.
• Owning the technical responsibilities related to the SOC 2 process, including managing the person responsible for its day-to-day execution.
• Continuously improving development velocity while maintaining a very high reliability standard.
• 10+ years of experience in Python development.
• Previous experience as a Staff or Principal Engineer at a startup company.
• Previous leadership experience, including leading teams and driving large, ambiguously defined projects from concept through delivery.
• Deep understanding of networking protocols and operating systems.
• Deep knowledge of Python profiling.
• Experience delivering and troubleshooting a production-grade cloud-based distributed system.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm.
• Experience with different observability stacks.
• Strong LLM prompting skills, while also being comfortable working without them.
• Experience with gRPC and its troubleshooting.
• BSc in Software Development or equivalent industry experience.
• Resilience - the ability to balance planned work with real-time issues in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce crisp and clear documentation.
• Strong ownership and independence, with the ability to lead projects independently and with minimal guidance.
• Ability to translate incomplete requirements into an actual product.

Nice to have

• Previous experience owning technical responsibilities related to SOC 2 compliance.
• Understanding of one or more of the following: WebRTC, STUN/TURN, SIP, RTP, HLS, RTMP.
• Experience with a strongly typed language (Rust, C++, Go, Swift, Java, etc.).
• Experience building and troubleshooting a real-time low-level system (e.g. kernel, drivers, RTOS).
• Being a contributor or maintainer of an open-source package.

COOPERATION MODEL

The project is delivered fully remotely.

• Project-based collaboration, with settlement based on stages and acceptance protocols for individual deliverables.
• Administrative and billing support from Connectis related to the collaboration.
• Participation in industry events and technology meetups.
• PLN 5,000 for referring a friend to our projects.
• A flexible B2B collaboration model, delivering services for a fast-growing, well-funded Partner building production voice AI used by leading consumer brands.
• A fast, fully remote process.

Thank you for all applications. We would like to inform you that we will contact selected candidates.

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