Backend Software Engineer, Python / Go

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Develop and sustain integrations with APIs from social platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and others.

• Create backend services utilizing Python and Go.

• Engage in the development of streaming data pipelines with Kafka and AWS.

• Revitalize legacy services to enhance performance.

• Provide production support by managing alerts and examining data discrepancies.

• Construct AI agents and tools, including those based on LLMs and MCP servers, to streamline engineering and support tasks.

• Implement AI throughout design, coding, testing, code reviews, and operational processes.

• Collaborate effectively with Product, Data, and other engineering teams.

• Develop backend services and streaming pipelines capable of processing approximately 1 billion social records daily, encompassing creator content, metrics, and audience data.

• Design systems for resilience, token health, and monitoring due to the unpredictable nature of upstream API changes, traffic throttling, and failures.

• Report directly to the Engineering Manager.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of professional backend development experience.

• Proficient in Python 3, including asyncio, type hints, Pydantic, and pytest.

• Experience in production environments utilizing Go.

• Familiarity with integrating third-party REST/GraphQL APIs at scale, encompassing OAuth, rate limiting, retries/backoff, idempotency, and pagination.

• Practical AWS experience, including services like Lambda, S3, SQS, Kinesis/Firehose, and Secrets Manager.

• Experience with Docker and a working knowledge of Kubernetes.

• Strong SQL skills, particularly with PostgreSQL and analytical warehouses such as Redshift with large, partitioned tables.

• Experience with Kafka or comparable streaming/messaging systems.

• Good testing practices along with experience in code reviews and CI/CD.

• Hands-on experience in developing AI agents using LLM APIs, tool use/function calling, MCP, prompt and context design, and evaluating agent outputs.

• Proficient in an AI-assisted software development lifecycle.

• Comfortable debugging production issues from end to end using logs and metrics.

• Good command of written and spoken English.

• Valid Polish work authorization/right to stay and work as specified in the application form.

• Nice to have: experience with social platform APIs, Serverless Framework, Sanic or aiohttp, Helm, Airflow, Databricks, Microsoft SQL Server, PHP, Coralogix, Prometheus/Grafana, CloudWatch, data modeling, versioned data contracts, influencer marketing/martech/ad-tech, agent frameworks or SDKs, RAG, and agent evaluation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Access to a learning platform and training resources.

• Surprise meal stipends provided.

• 26 days of vacation.

• A combination of floating and set holidays.

• Wellness allowance available.

• Paid parental leave offered.

• Comprehensive medical insurance.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Business travel insurance included.

• Stock options as part of an equity-sharing initiative.

• Stipends for cell phone and internet expenses.

• Home office setup stipend provided.

• Mental wellness stipend available.

• Professional development stipend offered.

• Tuition reimbursement available.

• Occasional company-funded meals.

• Flexible work model that integrates both in-person and remote work.