Senior Backend Python Engineer

Shelf builds software that helps enterprises make AI work in the real world. We're looking for a Senior Backend Python Engineer who can own important systems, design the right backend approach, and ship it in production. The ideal candidate has strong technical skills, clear communication, and judgment to make systems simpler, safer, and easier to evolve over time.

Requirements

• Strong senior-level backend engineering experience in production systems
• Strong Python skills and the ability to design clean, maintainable backend code
• Good distributed systems judgment: concurrency, failure handling, data consistency, async work, and service boundaries
• Hands-on cloud experience in AWS, Azure, or a similar environment
• Comfort with SQL and NoSQL systems, schema design, and performance tuning
• Ability to go from problem statement to design to production rollout with real ownership
• Clear written and verbal communication
• AI-native working style

Benefits

• B2B contract
• Company Stock Options
• Hardware: MacBook Pro
• Modern technical stack
• GitHub Copilot subscription
• Access to Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, TypingMind, and MCP Servers