Back-End Engineer
Remote
Full Time
#Software
#Engineering
#Python
#Async Programming
#Performance Tuning
#Load Testing
#SQLAlchemy
#MySQL
#Kubernetes
#Docker
#AWS Services
#AI
Readdle is a pioneering force in the personal productivity space on Apple devices, having shaped the landscape since 2007. Our mission is to empower individuals and teams with innovative technology, enhancing their efficiency and creativity. We are dedicated to crafting exceptional mobile and desktop experiences for those who aspire to achieve more.
As a Back-End Engineer you will play a pivotal role in enhancing PDF Expert's web applications with innovative and challenging features. You will be responsible for designing and implementing AI-driven solutions, and ensuring our applications are user-friendly and high-performing. You will collaborate closely with QA, design, and other engineering teams to produce well-tested, production-ready code and participate in key architecture and infrastructure decisions.
What will you do:
- Implement new features and enhance existing ones for PDF Expert's web applications.
- Integrate AI-driven solutions to automate complex processes and enhance user experience.
- Write well-structured, maintainable, and production-ready code.
- Ensure the codebase is always in a buildable state and adheres to team coding standards.
- Analyze and improve the performance and usability of web applications.
- Participate in architecture and infrastructure decision-making processes.
- Communicate effectively with the product team about code quality, UX, development processes, implementation delays, and security vulnerabilities.
- Share insights and propose innovative solutions to improve the product and development practices.
About you:
- Expertise in Python 3.x and modern best practice
- Strong knowledge of async programming and concurrency
- Hands-on experience with profiling, debugging, and performance tuning
- Experience in load testing and system optimization
- Proficiency in SQLAlchemy, MySQL, and query performance optimization
- Understanding of Kubernetes concepts (Pods, Deployments, ConfigMaps, Secrets)
- Experience with Docker for containerization and orchestration
Would be a plus:
- Experience with AWS services like SQS, RDS (MySQL)
- Familiarity with LangChain or similar AI/LLM frameworks (e.g., LlamaIndex)
- Understanding of vector databases and retrieval mechanisms
- Experience integrating OpenAI APIs and LLM-based applications
- Knowledge of prompt engineering & retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
What you will get at Readdle:
- Customer-centric culture. We put our customers first. It means that every employee can benefit from interacting with our customers directly. It enables us to create and deliver the best solutions for millions of our users.
- Professional growth. We are professionals at everything we do. It means we own our decisions, our work, and our results. We provide quality feedback to others and welcome feedback as an opportunity to learn and improve.
- A team of amazing people. The greatest power we have is the team. It means we care about each other, ensure transparency, and invest in everyone's success.
- Impact on our products. We aim to create valuable products. It means that we improve ourselves constantly by overcoming constraints, simplifying our processes, and improving our capacity.
- Innovative culture. We try to be innovative and creative in everything we do. It means that we expect, appreciate and value new ideas.
