Revi · 1 month ago
Senior Backend Engineer (AI-First)
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$145K/yr - $180K/yr
4+ years expRevi is a company leading the change in how digital experiences are integrated into physical retail environments. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and build scalable backend services, focusing on API development and leveraging AI to enhance engineering workflows.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services, RESTful APIs, and microservices in Python using Django (including Django Admin) and FastAPI
Optimize performance across distributed systems and relational databases (MySQL and PostgreSQL)
Lead backend architecture for critical roadmap initiatives, including AI-assisted tooling, payments, and reporting
Ensure reliability, maintainability, and observability across backend systems
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Frontend teams to deliver features end-to-end
Champion AI-driven coding practices, using tools for code generation, test automation, and faster prototyping
Drive CI/CD best practices, test coverage, and deployment quality across environments
Guide infrastructure evolution on AWS (ECS/Fargate, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, etc.)
Mentor junior engineers, review code, and help set strong technical standards
Qualification
Required
4–6 years of backend engineering experience, ideally in a startup or high-growth environment
Deep expertise in Python with strong knowledge of Django
Hands-on experience building APIs, event-driven systems, and services at scale
Proficiency in SQL database design, and query optimization
Strong working knowledge of AWS services (compute, storage, monitoring)
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and infrastructure-as-code
Comfort using AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT) as development companions
Strong product sense and ability to navigate ambiguity with pragmatism
Excellent written and verbal communication; collaborative, team-first mindset
Preferred
Experience with payment systems (Stripe) and other third-party integrations (e.g., Kitchen Hub, Otter, 7Shifts)
Familiarity with observability stacks like Datadog, Sentry, or Prometheus/Grafana
Contributions to open-source projects or experience mentoring junior engineers
DevOps experience with AWS and cloud-native systems
Benefits
Equity package
Competitive salary + bonus
Professional development opportunities
Excellent and comprehensive health plans (Medical, dental, vision, etc)
Flexible Vacation Policy, Paid holidays
Organized volunteer events to give back to our community
Off-sites, events, and happy hours
401(k)
Company
Revi
Revi enhances the in-store consumer experience, taking the data & automatically creating personalized campaigns to drive 40%+ more revenue.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$26.41MKey Investors
Right Side Capital Management
2025-01-31Undisclosed· $8.25M
2024-06-01Series A· $14.5M
2023-04-10Seed· $0.01M
Leadership Team
Kira Allen
Partner Success Manager
Loris Lamarque
Director of Partner Success & Operations
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