Sr. Software Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Hybrid
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Salary: Not specified
• Company: Brevity (venture-backed, seed-stage startup based in Minneapolis, MN)

Brevity is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and ship production code, owning product features end-to-end. This is a pure IC role focused on contributing to the Python/Django + React stack, evolving the architecture as usage grows 10x, and championing engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and deploy product features across the stack:
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Postgres (RDS)
  • Redis
  • SQS
  • Lambda
  • DynamoDB
• Python/Django, React, Tailwind / Material-UI
• Integrate with subprocessors (https://trust.brevitypitch.com)
• Contribute to system-level architecture and technical design reviews focused on performance, reliability, security, and cost.
• Champion engineering excellence – code review, automated testing, observability, CI/CD – helping the company scale.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design to break down requirements, estimate effort, and deliver incremental value.
• Occasionally provide mentorship to junior/mid-level engineers through pair-programming and feedback.
• Participate in a low-intensity on-call rotation (roughly one week per quarter).

Requirements

• Recent Experience: Recent experience (last 2 years) as a Senior Software Engineer in an early-stage, high-growth, fast-paced Startup team.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with some or all of:
  • Python/Django
  • React
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Postgres
  • Redis/SQS
  • Lambda
  • DynamoDB
• Recent Contributions: In the last 6 months: Shipped PRs for Back-End and Front-End microservices, integrated with Cloud Services, ideally with several elements of the aforementioned stack.
• Experience: 3+ years building and scaling enterprise SaaS applications.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication – able to explain technical trade-offs clearly.
• Legal: Authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading development of conversational AI products.
• Experience working in an engineering team at Series Seed/A stage.
• Familiar with SOC 2 requirements.