Backend Engineer

Candidates should have proven experience in designing, building, and maintaining complex backend systems, ideally with Python and FastAPI. They should possess existing comfort deeply integrating AI tools into their workflows (Cursor, Windsurf, etc.), proficiency with databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and data modeling, and a product sense – an ability to contribute to product ideas, understand product/engineering tradeoffs, and connect backend capabilities to user needs. Excellent technical communication skills, especially in a remote, async-first environment, are required, along with a pragmatic approach to engineering that values shipping and iteration while prioritizing code quality, testing, and thoughtful system design.