[Hiring] Technical Lead @Foundever®

Role Description

We are seeking a lead Backend software engineer with expertise in backend and with experience working with frontend team members, and successful leadership experience to join our AI team. You will be responsible for managing, designing, implementing, and deploying state-of-the-art web applications and software. Working closely with cloud, data, machine learning engineers, and product managers, you will create AI-driven applications that have a direct impact on our business.

This role requires a very agile mindset, programming skills in Python (Fast API) for the backend and extensive knowledge of development tools and cycles. You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities may shift, and be willing to own problems end-to-end.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse, inclusive, high-performing engineering team
• Build systems and tools that increase our deployment velocity and help develop our technical roadmap and prioritization
• Contribute meaningful amounts of clean, efficient, tested, and scalable code
• Ensure projects are on track, your team is utilized effectively, and core engineering needs are continuously addressed
• Communicate well with other engineering or product teams, take responsibility in broadcasting information internally (documentation) or externally (all hands, demos)
• Collaborate with data, ML, and DevOps engineers
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers in Figma
• Ensure the security and performance of the application’s server-side logic
• Troubleshoot and debug issues to optimize the application's functionality
• Develop APIs for seamless front-end–back-end communication
• Keep up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies
• Monitor application performance and usage

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development, with experience with AI and LLM systems
• Proven expertise in scalable web application with modern frameworks
• Used to work in an Agile environment

Requirements

• Strong programming skills in Python
• Proficiency in one or more back-end frameworks: Fast API, Nest.JS
• Experience with Restful APIs and WebSocket's
• Experience with Git and its CI/CD tools
• A continuous learning mindset to stay up-to-date with evolving web and cloud technologies
• Strong knowledge of database management systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB)
• Understanding of server-side architecture and RESTful APIs
• Troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS and Azure)
• Familiarity with security best practices
• Familiarity with Machine Learning model training and inference, especially LLMs

Leadership

• Experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure that reliability and scalability are considered in the design and development of new systems and tools
• Willing to own important problems end-to-end, but also have good delegation skills and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done
• Excited to do hands-on technical work but equally excited to lead technical teams to peak performance
• Can create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that makes all feel welcome while enabling radical candor and the challenging of group think
• Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed

Education

• Bachelor's degree or more in Computer science or related field

Languages

• Excellent conversational and written knowledge in English (C1 level minimum)
• French and Spanish language skills are a bonus

Tools and Applications

• Backend framework: Fast API
• Front end framework: Vue.JS
• Version control and CI/CD: Gitlab
• IDE: VS Code

Benefits

• Impactful work. Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI-driven products that will be game-changers for our business
• Professional growth. Continuous learning and development opportunities in a dynamic, remote work environment
• Competitive compensation. Attractive salary and benefits package
• Collaborative environment. A supportive team culture with opportunities for occasional travel for training and industry events