Senior Python Engineer
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Senior Python Engineer building Python/FastAPI backends and retrieval systems for DeweyLearn’s AI-powered education technology. Developing reliable production services with RAG, embeddings, and vector search.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain production backend services and APIs in Python using FastAPI
- Implement retrieval workflows including RAG, embeddings, and vector search
- Work closely with engineers and stakeholders to make sound technical trade-offs
- Help keep systems clean, reliable, and easy to extend
- Debug and evaluate AI-generated code when it fails or is confidently incorrect
Requirements:
- 4–8 years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven software engineering fundamentals and ability to build reliable, maintainable, and extensible systems
- Experience working with ML/AI systems in a production environment
- Native/fluent proficiency in English
- AI as a primary authoring tool, with ability to define appropriate levels of model autonomy
- Ability to critically evaluate and debug AI-generated code
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, now and in the future
- Physically located in the US while working
- Eastern time zone strongly preferred, with at least six hours of daily overlap with 9:00–17:00 ET
- Exceptional command of Python
- Exceptional command of FastAPI and related topics
- Production API experience backed by PostgreSQL
- Good command of Docker in development and deployment
- Exceptional understanding of version control, CI/CD, environments, and debugging
- Familiarity with retrieval workflows (RAG) and embedding-based search
- Experience in early-stage startups is a plus
- Understanding of infrastructure as code is a plus
- Experience with Natural Language Processing is a plus
- Familiarity with at least one front-end framework is a plus
Benefits:
- Flexible remote work arrangement
- Collaborative, innovation-focused environment
- Opportunity to shape the future of education













