Senior Backend Engineer (Python)💻🐍 | US AI SaaS in Real Estate Ops 🚀🇺🇸

Company Overview:

Our client is a U.S.based SaaS company helping real estate teams run inspections more efficiently. Their platform processes photos, videos, and voice notes captured in the field—even offline—and turns them into structured inspection reports with the help of a builtin AI assistant.

Live since 2014 and used in 20+ countries, they’ve already processed over 100 million inspection photos and support more than 20,000 active users.

The next phase of work focuses on backend scale, deeper API integrations, and infrastructure improvements—backed by a small, senior team.

Your Role:

This role starts with integrations and grows into broader backend ownership. You’ll work on systems that move critical inspection and property data between platforms—and improve how everything runs behind the scenes.

You’ll:

• Develop backend services and APIs, primarily using Python
• Quickly prototype, develop, and release new product features.
• Develop twoway sync with external platforms
• Handle schema differences, retries, and offline merge logic using queues (RabbitMQ)
• Collaborate with 4 experienced LATAM engineers and a technical founderCTO
• Help optimize data storage and realtime data processing systems.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and quality improvements.

• You Bring:

  • 8+ years of backend development experience.
  • Experience developing APIs (RESTful, GraphQL, or gRPC).
  • Comfortable with relational databases (like PostgreSQL or MySQL) and some experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis).
  • Basic knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • A proactive, flexible, startup mindset—comfortable with rapid changes.
  • Good problemsolving skills and clear communication in English.

  • Bonus Points:

    • Experience in a productfocused team or fastpaced startup
    • Worked with multitenant SaaS or mediaheavy systems
    • Helped improve code reliability, performance, or internal tooling
    • You’ve owned API integrations from design through deployment and monitoring
    • Comfortable supporting AIpowered workflows or offlinefirst apps

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      What’s Offered:

      • Monthly pay in USD (contractor model, rate based on experience, usually 47k for senior roles)

      • Flexible PTO, plus local holidays

      • Remotefirst culture, async by default

      • Collaborative senior team that shares ownership of systems and solutions

      • Longterm opportunity with a profitable, stable company focused on product quality.

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        Interview Process

        1️⃣ Intro Chat (30 min) — Meet and ask questions
        2️⃣ Technical Interview (60 min) — Focused on past systems and integrations
        3️⃣ System Design Session (60 min) — Explore a real backend architecture problem
        4️⃣ Final Call with CEO (30 min) — Culture fit and offer