Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Optro, founded in 2014, is a technology company that provides an AI-powered governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform designed to help
Staff Software Engineer, Backend, AI Governance
Location
United States
Posted
11 days ago
Salary
$181.6K - $249.7K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Software Engineer, Backend, AI Governance
Optro
• Build and ship product features end-to-end • Ability to write clear and well defined design documentation • Mentor fellow engineers • Lead application architecture decisions • Troubleshoot, debug and resolve software bugs • Implement back-end APIs in Python/FastAPI • Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers • Participate in an Agile software development life cycle • Write well-designed, maintainable & testable code • Be product-minded and think about the customer • Work with Python, Docker, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, etc. • Contribute to open-source projects
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of experience developing web-based applications and platforms
- Expertise in writing REST / JSON APIs
- Experience working with B2B integrations
- Experience writing software tests
- Experience with ETL pipelines or data engineering
- Ability to solve technical problems independently
- Motivation to work hard and always be learning
- Experience using agentic software development tools and processes
Benefits
- Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA!
- Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo for anything that enhances your life
- Comprehensive employee health coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Competitive compensation & bonus program
- Flexible vacation (exempt) / Accrued vacation (non-exempt)
- Time off for your birthday & volunteering
- Employee resource groups
- Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!
- Parental Leave
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