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# Senior Backend Engineer (Python) - AI

- **Company:** Splitmetrics, Inc
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon S3, Databases, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Online Analytical Processing, Redis, Data Logging, Large Language Models, Backend, Agentic-AI, Fastapi, Build Management, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Celery, Front End Software Development, Vertica, Network Server, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pthl7liysc

## About the Role

* 4+ years Python backend experience
 * Strong FastAPI experience
 * Solid PostgreSQL + S3 (or equivalents)
 * Experience with async task queues (Celery, Redis, Kafka)
 * Production experience integrating with microservices: long-running jobs, retries, failure handling
 * Solid hands-on experience with agentic AI: building MCP servers, implementing agents, and working with various LLMs and other generative models
 * Genuine enthusiasm for agentic AI and keeping up with how the field evolves
 * Basic observability skills (logging, monitoring, alerting)
 * Experience in cross-functional teams (frontend, ML)
 * Experience with AWS infrastructure, Docker, Kubernetes

It would be great if you have:

 * Familiarity with LangChain or agentic workflows
 * Marketing technology background (ad platforms, creative tools)
 * Experience with StarRocks (or other OLAP databases, ex. Clickhouse)

## Description

* Design and build backend services in Python (FastAPI)
 * Implement async job execution and status tracking (Redis/Celery/Kafka)
 * Integrate with LLM services (internal & external)
 * Build and maintain external MCP servers that expose our platform to third-party AI agents and clients
 * Develop ETL pipelines and ensure data quality across ingestion, transformation, and storage
 * Ensure stability, observability, and cost-efficient inference