Senior Python Engineer, AI

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate with product, business, and engineering stakeholders to define technical requirements.

• Design, develop, and maintain applications and services based on Python that drive core platform workflows.

• Construct and integrate scalable APIs and microservices for both internal and external users.

• Take ownership of backend system architecture to ensure service reliability, scalability, maintainability, and operational excellence.

• Enhance performance by utilizing distributed technologies such as caching, message queues, and event-driven architectures.

• Establish robust observability through logging, tracing, and metrics; troubleshoot production issues and enhance system resiliency.

• Engage in code reviews as both a contributor and reviewer and help establish engineering standards and best practices.

• Work closely with development, QA, and business teams to deliver high-quality releases.

• Create and maintain necessary system and technical documentation.

• Utilize AI-powered development tools to enhance productivity, code quality, and delivery speed.

• Develop and productionalize features enabled by LLMs, such as workflow automation, intelligent routing, summarization, and extraction.

• Design services for tool/function calling and orchestration layers for multi-step tasks.

• Implement RAG-style retrieval techniques (embeddings, vector search, ranking) to enhance reliability and accuracy.

• Create evaluation and quality frameworks for AI outputs, including offline evaluations, regression tests, and safety/reliability checks.

• Collaborate on responsible AI practices, including guardrails, data management, deterministic behaviors, and auditability.

⛳️ Requirements

• BA/BS in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Over 5 years of professional experience in Python development within production settings.

• Strong background in building asynchronous, API-driven microservices (e.g., FastAPI, asyncio).

• Solid grasp of scalable backend architectures and service-to-service integrations.

• Familiarity with distributed systems patterns such as queues, caching, pub/sub, and background processing.

• Strong understanding of REST APIs, authentication/authorization, and secure system design.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployment processes.

• Proficient with Git and modern version control workflows.

• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken.

• Ability to thrive in cross-functional, fast-paced environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

• Medical, financial, and various other benefits.

• Eligibility for 401(k) plans.

• Paid time off benefits, including PTO and parental leave.