Senior Python Backend Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: [Not Specified]
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: [Not Specified]

This role focuses on implementing real-world services (e.g., Gmail, Jira) as modular APIs using a test-driven approach, with an emphasis on engineering excellence, crisp documentation, and robust database design. This is not a data annotation, data science, or data analysis role.

What You Will Work On

• Implementing real-world services as modular, production-ready APIs.
• Creating and maintaining excellent, developer-friendly documentation.
• Following a strict Test Driven Development approach: tests first, code second.
• Building at maximum velocity without compromising on reliability or maintainability.
• Designing and iterating on scalable database schemas for each service integration.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with practical, production-grade Python.
• Hands-on experience with Test Driven Development (TDD).
• Proven ability to build and scale large systems at high velocity.
• Strong fundamentals in database schema design and data modeling.
• Able to work at a rapid pace without sacrificing clarity or correctness.
• Bonus: Familiarity with LLM function calling protocols and paradigms.

About Turing

Based in Palo Alto, California, Turing is one of the world's fastest-growing AI companies accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems. Turing helps customers in two ways:

1. Working with the world’s leading AI labs to advance frontier model capabilities in thinking, reasoning, coding, agentic behavior, multimodality, multilingualism, STEM and frontier knowledge.
2. Leveraging that expertise to build real-world AI systems that solve mission-critical priorities for Fortune 500 companies and government institutions.

Turing has received numerous awards, including Forbes's "One of America's Best Startup Employers," #1 on The Information's annual list of "Most Promising B2B Companies," and Fast Company's annual list of the "World's Most Innovative Companies." Turing's leadership team includes AI technologists from industry giants Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter, McKinsey, Bain, Stanford, Caltech, and MIT.

For more information on Turing, visit www.turing.com. For information on upcoming Turing AGI Icons events, visit go.turing.com/agi-icons.

Advantages of joining Turing

• Amazing work culture (Super collaborative & supportive work environment; 5 days a week)
• Awesome colleagues (Surround yourself with top talent from Meta, Google, LinkedIn etc. as well as people with deep startup experience)
• Competitive compensation
• Flexible working hours
• Full-time remote opportunity

Equal Opportunity Employer

Turing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. We encourage you to apply even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification.

GDPR Notice

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