Backend Architect - Python

Your mission

• Responsible for shaping the backend architecture from the ground up - ensuring scalability, security, and performance
• Integrate our simulator platform with the inference platform to deliver a seamless end-to-end system
• Define and evolve backend patterns, APIs, and data models to support complex simulation workflows
• Align Kubernetes orchestration strategies with backend design for optimal scalability and reliability
• Collaborate closely with frontend, UI/UX, and infrastructure teams to ensure cohesive system design
• Build backend services capable of handling large-scale, data-intensive, and latency-sensitive operations

• Experience in designing and implementing backend architecture from scratch in production systems
• Expertise in Python (5+ years) and modern backend frameworks (FastAPI, Django, or similar)
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, data modeling, and API design for complex integrations
• Strong foundation in security architecture to safeguard sensitive data at scale
• Ability to design for low latency, and resilience under heavy workloads
• Expertise in applying modern software architecture patterns for modularity, extensibility, and maintainability
• Comfortable guiding technical decisions across cross-functional teams, including frontend, UI/UX, and infrastructure engineering
• Nice-to-have experience:
  • Message brokers (Kafka, Rabbit
    
    MQ)
  • Web communication technologies (Web Sockets, Server-Sent Events)
  • Metric databases (Victoria Metrics, Prometheus, Click House)
  • Relational and No
    
    SQL databases (Postgre
    
    SQL, Redis, Mongo
    
    DB)
  • Object storage systems (S3, MinIO)

• Competitive pay & perks
  : because great work deserves great rewards
• Work on your terms
  : flexible hours and remote-friendly culture
• Fast lanes, no red tape
  : flat hierarchies and rapid decision-making mean your ideas go live
• Make it happen
  : your ideas aren’t just heard - they’re shipped
• Right place, right time
  : be part of our growth story and build a career-defining legacy
• Global by design
  : work with a diverse, international team across Germany and the US
• Work with the best
  : work alongside exceptional engineers and raise the bar together