[Hiring] Senior Backend Engineer @Rep.ai

Role Description

We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our core team and help build the infrastructure behind AI Live Chat. You’ll work on systems that power real-time interactions, intelligent agent behaviors, and seamless integrations across the web — all at scale. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, loves clean code, and wants to help shape the future of AI-powered customer experience.

• Build core systems using Python, Postgres, and AWS.
• Design and maintain APIs that support real-time video chat and AI agent behavior.
• Optimize performance and scalability, ensuring our AI avatars feel fast and natural.
• Harden security, especially in cloud environments, and proactively mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Write clean, testable code, and help maintain high engineering standards through code review and documentation.
• Solve hard problems, debug complex issues, and help evolve our system architecture as we scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development with strong fluency in Python.
• Deep knowledge of Postgres and SQL.
• Production experience with AWS services.
• Familiarity with front-end technologies and frameworks (e.g., React).
• Strong grasp of RESTful API design.
• Git proficiency and comfort with version control workflows.
• A track record of writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience in agile teams and working asynchronously.
• Bonus: leadership or mentoring experience.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Fully remote / async team.
• A chance to shape the future of how humans and AI interact online.