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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - **Company:** Jack's, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $225,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Software Quality, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Database Design, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Software Architecture, Standard Sql, Scientific Computating, Software Engineering, Backend, Fastapi, Information Technology, Production Code, Restful APIs, Data Pipelines, Docker - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/oj3is67mhx ## About the Role The ideal candidate is an expert Python engineer with deep production backend experience, strong systems-design judgment, and the ability to translate research prototypes, mathematical models, and complex concepts into reliable production software. Because this role may support future work requiring a U.S. security clearance, candidates must be U.S. citizens currently residing in the United States., * U.S. citizen currently residing in the United States. * 7+ years of professional software engineering experience. * Expert-level Python experience, including several years building and operating production backend systems. * Experience serving as a technical lead, lead engineer, staff engineer, engineering manager, or similar technical leadership role. * A track record of remaining hands-on with production code while leading technical projects or engineering teams. * Strong software architecture, systems design, and computer science fundamentals. * Experience designing and operating REST APIs, distributed systems, and scalable backend services. * Strong SQL, database design, and PostgreSQL experience. * Production experience with AWS and modern cloud infrastructure. * Experience with Docker, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and production monitoring. * Experience owning meaningful architectural decisions across a platform, rather than only individual features or isolated services. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. * High agency and the ability to operate effectively in an early-stage environment with ambiguity and limited structure. * Genuine interest in building a new category of technology and helping create an engineering organization from its earliest stages. A background in computer science, physics, applied mathematics, engineering, operations research, computational science, or another hard science or quantitative discipline is strongly preferred. Experience or demonstrated interest in geopolitics, national security, financial markets, strategic decision-making, behavioral science, or complex systems is also highly valued. Additional Preferred Experience * Scientific computing, numerical methods, or mathematical modeling * Simulation platforms or agent-based modeling * Machine learning infrastructure * Data engineering and complex data pipelines * FastAPI or similar Python API frameworks * Modernizing large or technically complex production systems * Infrastructure as Code * Security-focused engineering or SOC 2 environments * Defense technology, intelligence, risk analysis, forecasting, fintech, or research-driven organizations * Converting research code, notebooks, or prototypes into scalable production systems ## Description * Lead the architecture and continued evolution of North Star's backend platform. * Design, build, and maintain scalable Python services, REST APIs, distributed systems, and simulation infrastructure. * Modernize the existing simulation engine while continuing to ship meaningful production features. * Translate research prototypes, mathematical models, and experimental systems into reliable, maintainable production software. * Improve the reliability, scalability, performance, observability, and security of the company's AWS infrastructure. * Establish engineering standards across architecture, testing, documentation, code quality, CI/CD, deployment, and monitoring. * Make thoughtful technical decisions that balance long-term architecture with the need to move quickly. * Remain highly hands-on by writing production code, reviewing pull requests, debugging systems, and solving complex technical problems. * Mentor engineers through technical guidance, thoughtful code reviews, and architectural leadership. * Work closely with the founders, research, product, and design teams to turn complex ideas into meaningful product capabilities. * Help recruit, onboard, and develop future members of Anadyr Horizon's engineering organization. * Take ownership beyond a traditional job description by proactively identifying technical systems, processes, and areas that need improvement. ## Related Videos - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Intro to FastAPI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/462-intro-to-fastapi) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) - [Building and Deploying Multi-Agent Systems with ADK and Vertex AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1918-building-and-deploying-multi-agent-systems-with-adk-and-vertex-ai) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs)