Senior Backend Engineer

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About Terrabase

Terrabase cuts hours of manual analysis to seconds. Our AI agents find the answer and trigger the next workflow automatically. Your work keeps that engine reliable, fast, and secure for enterprise customers.

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Why this role matters

Every AI insight we deliver passes through a Python service you will own. Low-latency APIs, resilient task queues, and rock-solid observability make the difference between user delight and churn. You will design and scale that backbone.

What will you do

• Build FastAPI services that expose search, retrieval, and orchestration endpoints.
• Scale async jobs with Celery and RabbitMQ, using Redis for caching and rate control.
• Containerize with Docker and deploy repeatably on EC2 using Terraform or similar tooling.
• Monitor with Prometheus, Grafana, and alerting hooks; chase p99 latency and error budgets.
• Automate CI and CD so every merge ships safely and rolls back cleanly.
• Harden security, secrets management, and SOC two logging.
• Document clear run books and post-mortems so anyone can debug at two in the morning.
• Collaborate with AI and front-end teams to hit sub-second query times and zero downtime releases.

What we look for

• Two to five years of writing clean, idiomatic Python in production.
• Strong work ethic and bias for ownership. You identify problems, propose fixes, and drive them to closure.
• Clear, systematic thinker. Your design docs read like thinking in public, and your code structure reflects first principles reasoning.
• Proficient Python engineer comfortable with type hints, pytest, and modern packaging.
• Proven FastAPI or similar web framework expertise.
• Hands-on experience with Celery, RabbitMQ, and Redis at meaningful scale.
• Confident with Docker, Linux networking, and AWS EC2 fundamentals.
• Solid grasp of monitoring, tracing, and log aggregation.
• Clear communicator who values concise design docs and thoughtful code reviews.

Bonus points

• Experience meeting SOC two or HIPAA audit requirements.
• Prior work on high-throughput data pipelines or vector stores.
• Contributions to open-source backend or DevOps projects.

Life at Terrabase

We are a sharp, humble, fully remote crew that values deep focus and fast feedback. Your code reaches real customers every week, backed by generous AWS budgets and a culture that favors clear thinking over long meetings.

Terrabase is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for every team member.