Backend Software Engineer – Hybrid

Simple Solutions • Francisco, IN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

System Design: Designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems in a production environment.
AI Implementation: Rapidly learning and applying new techniques in LLM development (fine-tuning, RAG, and prompt engineering).
Collaboration: Working across teams including product managers, medical writers, and customer success to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Mission: Accelerating drug development timelines to bring treatments to patients months faster.
Hyper-Growth: Trending at 9x year-over-year growth and already working with a handful of the top 20–50 big pharma companies.
High Impact: A small team of 7–8 people building products that shape how tens of thousands of people work in $100B+ organizations.

Requirements

• Backend Experience: 3+ years in software development; proficiency in building APIs from the ground up using modern Python frameworks (FastAPI, Django, etc.).
• AI/ML: Experience building GenAI applications, complex prompt engineering, data pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and RAG.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Experience deploying/scaling containerized applications in cloud environments (AWS preferred) and building CI/CD pipelines.
• Soft Skills: Ability to reason through ambiguous requirements and execute quickly without extensive oversight.

Nice To Haves

• Infrastructure-as-Code: Experience with Terraform or Pulumi.
• Regulated Industry: Secure coding practices from industries like fintech or life sciences.
• Frontend: Experience with React development.
• Domain Knowledge: Knowledge of regulatory requirements in life sciences or similar.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems in a production environment.
• Rapidly learning and applying new techniques in LLM development (fine-tuning, RAG, and prompt engineering).
• Working across teams including product managers, medical writers, and customer success to translate requirements into technical solutions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed