Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Agiloft

$120K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Experience in building backend services and APIs with Python
  • Proficient in AI tools used in software development lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native practices
  • Highly self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership
  • Team-oriented with a low-ego approach to collaboration
  • Creative problem solver focused on scalable solutions

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop core platform features with a Python and API-first approach
  • Build scalable backend services for seamless integration with cloud architecture
  • Collaborate closely with design and product teams for maintainable and secure solutions
  • Contribute to AWS infrastructure and deployment workflows
  • Lead proof-of-concept projects addressing complex engineering challenges
  • Utilize AI-assisted tools to optimize productivity and streamline workflows

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short and long-term disability coverage
  • Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible vacation time for eligible salaried employees
  • Paid parental leave
  • Voluntary benefits options including pet insurance
Full Job Description
Position Overview

Engineers at Agiloft design, build, and deploy products designed to fundamentally change how contracts are created, reviewed, negotiated, and stored. You'll be working with a team of experienced entrepreneurs, engineers, data scientists, designers, and legal subject matter experts to build cutting-edge innovations for a fast-growing scale-up company.

Things we've built so far:
  1. A global, enterprise-scale serverless platform on AWS, deployable on demand.
  2. A suite of LLM-powered applications, employing thoughtful queuing and load balancing in order to manage LLM capacity at scale.
  3. An API-first development culture, with a backend serving a growing number of frontend clients.


Job Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of core platform features using Python and an API-first approach
  • Build scalable, reliable backend services that power our applications, integrating seamlessly with a modern cloud-based architecture
  • Collaborate with design and product teams to ensure that what we're building is scalable, maintainable, and secure
  • Contribute to infrastructure and deployment workflows in our AWS serverless environment (e.g., Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB)
  • Independently lead proof-of-concept projects and tackle complex architectural and engineering challenges
  • Leverage AI-assisted tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support day-to-day activities


Required Qualifications

  • At least 8 years of professional experience as a software engineer
  • Strong experience building backend services and APIs using Python in a product-focused environment
  • Proficiency in using relevant AI tools in the SDLC (Cursor, Codex, Claude Code)
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code, observability tools, and cloud-native best practices
  • Self-motivated and accountable, with a strong sense of ownership over the systems you build
  • Collaborative, low-ego team player who thrives in cross-functional settings
  • Creative and pragmatic problem solver with a mindset for building scalable, maintainable systems


Agiloft offers a comprehensive benefits package for US employees including but not limited to the following:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short term and long-term disability
  • Life insurance and AD&D
  • Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
  • Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non- overtime eligible) position.
  • Paid parental leave
  • Voluntary benefits including pet insurance

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