Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Accelerated Search is a fast-growing AI company building intelligent software solutions for the financial services industry. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Backend to join their fully remote engineering team, where you will design and build scalable backend services and develop AI-powered capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable backend services that power a modern AI platform
- Develop high-performance APIs and distributed systems capable of supporting rapid product growth
- Build integrations with enterprise software platforms, third-party services, and internal applications
- Develop AI-powered capabilities using Large Language Models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and emerging agentic AI techniques
- Lead greenfield initiatives from architecture through production while continuously improving existing systems
- Enhance application scalability, reliability, security, and performance for enterprise customers
- Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to deliver new features and technical solutions
- Influence architectural decisions, engineering standards, and the long-term direction of the platform
Skills
- 2+ years of experience building scalable backend applications in production environments
- Strong backend development experience with Python or another modern programming language, with the ability to quickly adapt to Python
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Strong software design, debugging, and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment with evolving priorities
- Experience building AI-enabled products or deploying LLM-based applications into production
- Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, or other modern AI architectures
- Experience working with SQL databases, Redis, or similar data technologies
- Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, or other cloud-native technologies
- Previous experience building software for financial services, fintech, or other highly regulated industries
Benefits
- Meaningful equity package with significant long-term growth potential.
- Comprehensive health and benefits package.
- Fully remote engineering team with quarterly in-person off-sites.
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