Senior Backend Engineer

Description:

At Qodo, we're building an AI Code Review platform that helps developers move fast, ship with confidence, and elevate code quality across the SDLC through deep, scalable codebase understanding.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Backend Engineer with 7+ years of hands-on experience to join one of our teams. As a Backend Engineer at Qodo, you will take ownership of features across the entire development lifecycle - from initial concept and design to deployment and maintenance in an enterprise-grade production environment. This role involves close collaboration with the product team to turn ideas into high-quality, functional software.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead the end-to-end implementation of new features and product offerings
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code across the full stack
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers
• Participate in all phases of the development lifecycle, including analysis, design, coding, testing, and deployment
• Ensure application performance, quality, and responsiveness

Technical Skills:

• 7+ years of software development experience, with a focus on debugging complex production systems in scalable SaaS environments
• Strong ability to leverage modern AI tools to improve development speed and code quality
• Strong expertise in Python and modern backend development practices
• Understanding of cloud-native architecture (GCP/AWS)
• Database: Strong experience with SQL and PostgreSQL
• Proven track record of strong ownership over features through development, production, and maintenance

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience in AI-focused companies, particularly with NLP
• Familiarity with “vibe coding” (either as a practitioner or with a well-reasoned perspective against it)
• Experience with DevOps practices, including building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and working with Docker and containerization technologies