Remote Senior Backend Engineer at HumanSignal

Description:

HumanSignal is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their fully distributed organization.
The company builds software that aids in data labeling, believing that this process should involve human effort in guidance, orchestration, and feedback with AI knowledge sources.
The Senior Backend Engineer will collaborate with other engineers on new and existing features, participate in all aspects of the development process, and establish standards for style and best practices.
The role involves identifying areas of improvement in the code base, advocating for improvements, and providing leadership and mentorship to teammates.
The position offers the opportunity to work on a data labeling automation platform powered by GenAI and agents, contributing to democratizing everyone's ability to utilize these technologies.

Extensive experience in designing and building high-performance distributed backend systems supporting cloud SaaS applications.
Proficiency in building applications and services on public cloud platforms like AWS and GCP, with bonus points for experience in data or MLOps systems.
5+ years of professional experience in building applications supported by REST APIs and web endpoint frameworks such as FastAPI and Django.
Production experience with languages like Python, Java, Go, Kotlin, Scala, or Rust.
Expert knowledge of databases like Postgres and data warehouse systems like BigQuery.
Proficiency in streaming event and messaging architectures like Spark, Beam, and Kafka.
Strong user empathy, product-value centric mindset, and a desire to understand and impact product metrics.
Excellent communication skills at a Senior Software Engineer Individual Contributor level, using TDDs, code reviews, presentations, and feedback.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

The opportunity to work with some of the world's most innovative companies using Label Studio Enterprise.
Competitive base cash compensation range of $140,000 to $200,000 USD based on regional market rates.
Chance to make multiple production contributions within the first month and drive and fully own development of complex features within 3 months.
Mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, contributing to the growth of the engineering team.
Involvement in advancing your career to the next level and playing a key role in shipping highly scalable products and the next evolution in labeling software.