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  • Take ownership of core backend systems and drive performance improvements.
  • Solve complex engineering challenges in distributed systems and architecture.
  • Mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

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Europe South Africa Unlimited PTO

  • Lead the design and implementation of core backend services for high-performance, distributed systems.
  • Drive the use of modern development practices such as BDD and TDD to ensure high-quality code.
  • Collaborate across teams in a product-driven environment and conduct code reviews.

Primer provides a unified platform for global payments, helping finance teams reduce complexity and capture more revenue. Backed by major investors, the company is a growth-stage startup with a remote-first culture that values autonomy and collaboration.

India

  • Lead the design and architecture of complex, high-scale backend services and integrations.
  • Mentor and guide engineers through thoughtful design and code reviews.
  • Champion reliability, observability, automation, and operational excellence.

Spreetail propels brands to increase their ecommerce market share across the globe while improving their operational costs. They are building one of the fastest-growing ecommerce companies in history, with a culture of high ownership and technical excellence.

India

  • Build and optimize backend services and data pipelines for a next-gen advertising platform.
  • Take ownership of code from design to production, ensuring reliability and maintainability.
  • Collaborate with engineers, PMs, and stakeholders to turn requirements into reliable features.

Spreetail propels brands to increase their ecommerce market share globally while improving operational costs. It is one of the fastest-growing ecommerce companies with a culture of ownership and collaboration.

Canada Unlimited PTO

  • Design and develop scalable backend services for AI-powered product capabilities.
  • Build and optimize retrieval pipelines, search infrastructure, and cloud-native services.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.

Our partner is building AI-powered knowledge systems. They are a rapidly growing technology company with a collaborative and remote-friendly culture.

$172,000–$242,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Own and scale distributed systems for orchestration, APIs, and data paths.
  • Apply query-engine expertise to optimize work execution and data movement.
  • Exercise strong technical judgment on ambiguous problems.

Prefect builds and operates resilient, Pythonic orchestration and MCP platforms used for mission-critical workloads. This remote-first company fosters a supportive, high-performance culture that empowers team members to do their best work.

Germany

  • Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for the Document Domain, ensuring scalable architecture and reliable product evolution.
  • Design, develop, and maintain complex backend systems using Python and modern engineering practices.
  • Lead initiatives that improve system reliability, performance, maintainability, and developer productivity.

Our partner is a modern SaaS platform building and scaling critical systems for document creation, editing, and management. They offer a remote-friendly work environment with a focus on collaboration, ownership, and work-life balance.

$90,000–$120,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Own backend features end-to-end from discovery to rollout.
  • Design and evolve distributed systems with performance and scalability.
  • Build and maintain APIs and data pipelines for analytics and machine learning.

Traackr is a global SaaS company providing a data-driven influencer marketing platform. The company is remote-first with offices in multiple countries and a culture based on trust, diversity, value, ownership, and mutual success.

$130,000–$155,000/yr
United States Canada

  • Design, develop, and deploy highly scalable backend services using Python.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  • Optimize application performance and mentor junior engineers to ensure code quality and team growth.

Left Field Labs is a creative technology agency that builds transformative digital experiences for ambitious brands like Google, Amazon, and Meta. Since 2008, we've delivered end-to-end digital transformation services, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration in a remote-first environment.

$80,000–$120,000/yr
Global Unlimited PTO

  • Design, build, and operate high-load distributed backend services powering the company's ML infrastructure.
  • Take end-to-end ownership of core ML services and data pipelines from design to deployment and continuous improvement.
  • Partner with ML and product teams to understand their needs and turn them into reliable, reusable platform capabilities.

Constructor is an AI-first e-commerce search and discovery platform that helps shoppers find products and enables brands to drive revenue. The company is fully remote, diverse, and values ownership and collaboration.

$77,000–$107,000/yr
Europe

  • Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems.
  • Support peers and stakeholders in product development by collaborating with product management, design, and analytics on technical constraints and trade-offs.
  • Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting code review and design standards, and help develop talent through feedback and guidance.

Affirm is a fintech company reinventing credit to be more honest and friendly, offering consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without hidden fees or compounding interest. The company is remote-first and values its people, providing competitive benefits and a culture of ownership and quality.

India

  • Lead the design and evolution of highly scalable backend platforms.
  • Combine hands-on engineering expertise with architectural leadership.
  • Mentor engineering teams and establish engineering standards.

Our partner is a technology company building scalable backend platforms. They are a growing organization with a focus on engineering excellence and collaboration.

Canada Unlimited PTO

  • Design and build the backend services that power Operator, a system that helps engineering teams search company knowledge and surface design decisions.
  • Develop scalable retrieval pipelines, integrate structured and unstructured engineering data, and improve search quality and knowledge retrieval performance.
  • Collaborate with AI, Product, Design, and Engineering teams to deliver customer-facing capabilities and mentor teammates through code reviews and technical leadership.

CoLab is an AI platform that helps mechanical engineering teams bring life-changing products to market faster by driving stronger engineering decisions. It is a rapidly scaling company recognized on Deloitte's Fast 50 and Fast 500, and named a Canadian company to watch by The Globe and Mail and Financial Post.

Canada

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems focused on performance and reliability.
  • Own complex engineering projects from planning through deployment and optimization.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business challenges into technical solutions.

UK

  • Resolve customer-reported issues quickly and thoroughly, from investigation through to a durable fix.
  • Diagnose complex, ambiguous problems across services and data pipelines, tracing them to root cause.
  • Deliver high-quality engineering work that improves the platform and directly addresses customer needs.

VulnCheck delivers structured exploit intelligence on what is actively weaponized in the wild, purpose-built for data lakes, ETL pipelines, automation, and AI workflows. Founded in 2021, the company has a transparent, collaborative, and supportive culture with a team of cybersecurity experts.

India

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using Python and Django.
  • Lead the integration of computer vision models and AI pipelines into production systems.
  • Mentor and support junior engineers through technical guidance and code reviews.

A technology company developing AI-driven solutions for biotechnology and AgTech. The team is small to medium-sized and operates with a collaborative, remote-first culture focused on technical excellence.

US

  • Set technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale and collaborate across teams to ensure technical sustainability.
  • Act as a force-multiplier by defining technical solutions and operational processes for your team.
  • Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting code review and design standards and developing talent through feedback.

Affirm is a publicly-traded financial technology company that reinvents credit by offering buy now, pay later services without hidden fees or compounding interest. It has a strong engineering culture focused on building robust, fault-tolerant systems and emphasizes collaboration and quality.

India

  • Work in a small, high-impact team to design, develop, deploy, and operate software solutions for real-time communications.
  • Collaborate on complex distributed systems and perform detailed peer code reviews.
  • Build and operate services in a production environment, ensuring quality through testing and monitoring.

Twilio is shaping the future of communications with remote-first solutions, delivering innovative services to hundreds of thousands of businesses and empowering millions of developers worldwide. The company fosters a strong culture of connection and global inclusion, with a diverse team making a global impact.

Brazil

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python and Django to support customer-facing applications.
  • Build new product features while ensuring code quality, scalability, security, and long-term maintainability.
  • Optimize asynchronous processing pipelines using Celery, RabbitMQ, and Redis to improve system performance and reliability.

Jobgether is an AI-powered job matching platform that connects candidates with hiring companies. It uses technology to review applications and share top-fitting candidates with employers, operating with a remote-first culture.

Brazil

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud-native applications using Python.
  • Build and optimize distributed systems, payment processing workflows, and backend infrastructure.
  • Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.

The company develops AI-driven financial technology solutions for businesses globally. It offers a fully remote work environment with a collaborative and innovative engineering culture.

$209,700–$273,775/yr
US

  • Regularly unblock challenges in the software development cycle from design to launch.
  • Solve complex architecture challenges and set architectural standards on new projects.
  • Mentor junior engineers and lead code reviews across teams.

Atlassian provides team collaboration and productivity software, helping teams organize, discuss, and complete their work. With over 10,000 employees globally, the company fosters a culture of innovation, autonomy, and open communication.