Backend Engineer

Description

Summary: Avantos is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient backend services while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Highlights: 1. Building an AI platform that brings agility, scale, and transparency 2. Diverse, creative team with flexible hybrid work options 3. Opportunity to build a web application from the ground up **Company overview** We're on a mission to make it easier for businesses to serve their customers. While many companies have incredible digital infrastructure, the people who understand customer experience best are blocked from changing the very processes that make it happen. We're changing that with purpose built AI, thoughtful design, and a relentless focus on the user. We're building an AI platform that brings agility, scale, and transparency to businesses like never before. We're driving human\-centered services for our clients by applying the same principles within our own processes—leveraging an AI engine that orchestrates data, platforms, and every step of the user experience. We're building a diverse, creative team in New York, with flexible hybrid work options. Our founding team—including graduates from Wharton, MIT, and the Royal College of Art—has a proven track record of building unicorn software companies, where design, product, and engineering cultures are fully integrated. **Job summary** Avantos is seeking a Backend Engineer to join our team in building the Avantos web application from the ground up. * Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient backend services using Golang and Python * Collaborate with cross\-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features * Implement and optimize database schemas, queries, and data models using PostgreSQL * Work with event\-driven architectures and message queues, particularly Kafka * Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving our development practices * Manage and optimize our AWS cloud infrastructure * Troubleshoot, debug, and fix production issues * Write clean, maintainable, and well\-documented code * Contribute to the continuous improvement of our development and deployment processes **Your skills will include** * 3\-5 years of experience in backend development * Strong proficiency in Golang and / or Python * Experience with AWS services and cloud architecture * Solid understanding of relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL * Excellent problem\-solving and analytical skills * Strong written communication skills **Nice to haves** * Familiarity with event\-driven architectures and message queues (Kafka) * Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) * Knowledge of CI/CD practices and tools (ArgoCD) * Experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform) * Experience in the financial services industry * Familiarity with microservices architecture * Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments * Experience with monitoring and logging tools