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$168,000–$210,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Drive technical design, implementation, and quality of critical backend features and integrations.
  • Own the system by which services are designed, implemented, and maintained, and unblock yourself resourcefully.
  • Mentor less experienced developers and participate in hiring decisions.

Python REST APIs Django SQL AWS

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Europe 4w PTO 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Design and build backend services in Python/Django for customer provisioning and subscription workflows.
  • Implement APIs and event-driven integrations with Salesforce, Stripe, and other business systems.
  • Lead technical initiatives to scale the revenue platform and ensure reliability and maintainability.

Muck Rack is the leading SaaS platform for public relations and communications professionals, offering an AI-powered solution for media database, monitoring, and reporting. The company is founder-controlled, fully distributed, and growing sustainably, trusted by 3,000+ companies and recognized for its award-winning culture.

$18,000–$42,000/yr

  • Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable backend services and robust APIs.
  • Define and implement robust API contracts for seamless data integration.
  • Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize performance of backend systems and data pipelines.

Brooklyn Health is solving the measurement problem in mental health through accurate, objective, and sensitive measurement of symptoms. They are a startup backed by leading healthcare and technology investors, building a modern technology stack for CNS clinical trials.

$160,000–$240,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Own the delivery of high quality software projects, coordinating with teammates and stakeholders to hit timelines.
  • Contribute to all phases of product development including specification, implementation, code review, QA, and operations.
  • Seek context and rapidly iterate on solutions to eliminate ambiguity and drive projects forward.

Opto is building a platform to modernize private markets investing for wealth managers. They combine Silicon Valley engineering talent with industry specialists and have a bold, collaborative culture.

Germany

  • Develop and maintain production backend services in Python, including REST APIs and data models.
  • Take end-to-end responsibility for the services you release into production, including reliability and operational performance.
  • Work with SDK engineers to align API contracts and technical requirements across multiple products.

The company develops mobile games and operates a shared platform for analytics, social features, and LiveOps. The remote-first team emphasizes autonomy, collaboration, and shared ownership.

Europe

  • Develop secure, reliable APIs and integrations for a global workforce management SaaS platform.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Engineering teams throughout the full delivery lifecycle.
  • Use AI-assisted coding tools while maintaining strong technical judgment and ownership over solutions.

Jobgether uses an AI-powered matching process to connect candidates with hiring companies globally. They are a platform that processes job applications and shares top-fitting candidates with employers, operating with a remote-first team across Europe and Asia.

$85,000–$100,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Monitor and maintain the health of fulfillment operations platform during off-hours, responding to production alerts and resolving issues.
  • Investigate incidents across logs, databases, APIs, and code to determine root cause and document findings.
  • Develop and maintain small Python scripts and automation tools, and support low-risk enhancements and bug fixes.

Hungryroot uses AI to build a consumer-centric food and wellness company, acting as a personal assistant for healthy living. We are a distributed team of top talent across 28+ U.S. states with a remote-first culture emphasizing collaboration, team-building, and flexibility.

US

  • Build and maintain Python applications and backend services for insurance business processes like Policy, Claims, Underwriting, and Billing.
  • Develop REST APIs, integrate systems via APIs and web services, and create data-processing and automation solutions using Python and SQL.
  • Collaborate with business and technical teams in an Agile/Scrum environment while supporting cloud deployments, CI/CD, testing, and production.

FormativGroup is a PE-backed technology consulting and implementation partner that helps organizations modernize complex business platforms and scale technology solutions. The company fosters a collaborative, practical culture and offers opportunities to work closely with experienced leaders on meaningful business and technology problems.

$143,000–$197,000/yr
US

  • Build and improve Python/Java APIs to power core product functionality.
  • Collaborate with product management, data science, and behavioral health specialists.
  • Adhere to high quality and security standards in all phases of development.

Lyra Health is a leading provider of evidence-based mental health care, serving over 20 million people globally. The company focuses on transforming access to care through an AI-powered platform, with a culture of impact and collaboration.

United States UK Italy Spain Poland

  • Build the distributed, event-driven services that turn Cloud Custodian into a platform, including the GraphQL API and policy execution pipelines.
  • Design and operate systems that ensure correctness and observability while running customer governance workloads at scale across multiple clouds and regions.
  • Lead backend initiatives and mentor other engineers in a technical domain involving event-driven systems and relational databases.

Stacklet helps organizations with large cloud estates optimize cost, improve security, and ensure compliance by automating governance via code. Founded by the creators of CNCF's Cloud Custodian, the company supports some of the world's biggest cloud service consumers.

Netherlands 4w PTO

  • Design, build, and own critical product features for high-scale backend systems serving millions of users.
  • Take full ownership from problem discovery through production rollout and long-term maintenance.
  • Collaborate closely with Product and engineering teams in a remote-first, autonomous environment.

A venture-backed technology company that builds scalable backend systems used by thousands of developers and hundreds of millions of end users. It is a remote-first, fast-growing company with a collaborative culture focused on engineering excellence.

$156,000–$205,000/yr
US

  • Lead the design and implementation of complex software systems and integrations.
  • Develop scalable, maintainable, and secure software solutions with a focus on performance.
  • Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and design discussions.

EasyPost is a YC unicorn that makes shipping simple for businesses of all sizes. The team is rapidly growing and values elegant architecture, fast decisions, and continuous improvement.

Spain

  • Design, develop, and launch scalable backend systems to support Affirm's international expansion.
  • Collaborate with product, design, and analytics to define technical plans and deliver high-quality features.
  • Foster a culture of quality through code reviews, mentoring, and proactive problem-solving.

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, offering buy now pay later without hidden fees. The company is a global leader in fintch, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and people-first values.

Brazil

  • Design and build scalable backend services and modern web interfaces for a cloud-based enterprise platform.
  • Build resilient systems with asynchronous processing, fault-tolerant patterns, and enterprise-grade security.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and mentor developers to raise engineering standards.

CI&T helps large enterprises transform the potential of AI into real business impact with AI Deployment, AI-native execution, and tech-integrated business solutions. With 30 years of experience and 8,000 employees across more than 25 countries, they collaborate to build solutions with real impact.

Latin America

  • Design and develop full-stack web applications using Python, Django, React, and Next.js.
  • Build and integrate RESTful and GraphQL APIs for scalable functionality.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and mentor junior developers.

The company develops fleet management and location-based alerting solutions. It is a distributed, collaborative organization with a focus on engineering excellence and pair programming.

Poland UK Unlimited PTO

  • Design and ship moderate to complex backend features with minimal guidance, driving technical direction.
  • Advocate for product quality, security, and performance, defining backend standards for style, maintainability, and operational readiness.
  • Mentor associate and intermediate engineers, remove technical blockers, and use AI in production engineering to improve outcomes.

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling organizations to increase developer productivity and accelerate digital transformation. With over 50 million registered users and trusted by more than 50% of the Fortune 100, GitLab fosters a high-performance culture driven by values and continuous knowledge exchange.

India

  • Own software features end-to-end, from requirements through production.
  • Design and build scalable, reliable backend and full-stack applications.
  • Work with modern tech stack including Python/Go, React, PostgreSQL, and AWS.

This partner company is a technology organization that builds backend and full-stack applications. It is a remote-first, small, collaborative team with a high-trust culture and minimal bureaucracy.

Latin America

  • Architect scalable Python microservices and AI integrations on AWS.
  • Drive system health, code quality, and observability standards.
  • Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with US-based client teams.

CodeRoad provides end-to-end software development services, helping businesses scale with ideal infrastructure solutions. Our nearshore team culture empowers engineers to take ownership and grow continuously.

$199,750–$235,000/yr
US

  • Design, build, and operate event-driven services for real-time pentest data processing.
  • Solve distributed systems challenges at scale, including data migration and batch-to-streaming conversion.
  • Set high standards for operational excellence with SLOs, instrumentation, and on-call.

Horizon3 is a remote cybersecurity company that enables organizations to find, fix, and verify exploitable attack vectors using its NodeZero autonomous pentesting platform. The company is a fusion of former US Special Operations cyber operators and engineers, fostering a culture of respect, collaboration, and ownership.

US

  • Design, develop, and launch backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin.
  • Collaborate with team and stakeholders to balance speed and quality while protecting system reliability.
  • Contribute to community through growth and development activities and navigate large codebases.

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without hidden fees. They are a remote-first company that values transparency and employee well-being, offering competitive benefits and a collaborative culture.

UK

  • Develop, ship, and maintain secure, well-tested, and performant Flow Registry features across the Duo Workflow Service and the GitLab monolith backend.
  • Collaborate with Product Management, UX, and engineering specialists to refine requirements and deliver iterative product improvements.
  • Design and implement GraphQL and REST APIs, related backend logic, and improve automated testing to strengthen quality and reliability.

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling organizations to increase developer productivity and accelerate digital transformation. With over 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100 trusting the platform, GitLab fosters a high-performance culture driven by values and continuous knowledge exchange.