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Jellyfish · 2 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer - AI Integration Discovery

USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$165K/yr - $235K/yr

7+ years exp

Jellyfish is a company focused on building AI-integrated engineering tools to enhance productivity. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help measure and define engineering productivity in the AI era, by developing features that capture AI adoption patterns and productivity changes.

Marketing & Advertising

No H1B

Responsibilities

Design, plan and implement key features as part of a highly effective agile team

Rapidly deliver value for our customers by pushing features to our AWS-hosted SaaS environment daily, with automated CI/CD pipelines

Provide technical and product expertise within your team and across the organization

Communicate effectively about project status and technical issues

Participate in your team’s agile process and work to continually improve your team’s capabilities

Provide support for production operations of the Jellyfish product

Actively participate in a culture supportive of growth and inclusion on your team

Qualification

PythonDjangoSaaS productsData modelingAWSAPIs performanceReactCuriosityCommunication skillsTeam player

Required

7+ years of experience building SaaS products with a focus on Back End development

Strong skills in Python, and passion for building production software systems using Django

Enough experience with front-end frameworks such as React to be able to pitch in from time to time to move a project forward or troubleshoot issues

Strong skills in data modeling in relational database systems and experience with and interest in other database technologies such as columnar systems

Fluency with tools such as Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro and a track record of using them to build and ship fast

Experience with scaling, performance, and benchmarking of APIs and data processing systems

Have worked in or interested in a growth-stage startup

Curiosity - great at asking questions, figuring out what needs to be done, building consensus, and executing

Love learning new things and teaching others what you know

Strong communication skills, and enjoy collaborative work

Humility, a performance-driven attitude, and a team-player approach

Passion for building great companies in an environment where a sense of humor is a must

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