Senior Python Engineer

Role Description

We are DeweyLearn, Inc., an Education Tech startup on a mission to revolutionize the education landscape. We’re building something extraordinary and are seeking exceptional engineers to join us on this journey. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of education technology from the ground up.

• Build and maintain production backend services and APIs in Python (FastAPI)
• Implement retrieval workflows (RAG, embeddings, vector search)
• Lead and work closely with other engineers and stakeholders to make good technical trade-offs
• Help keep our systems clean, reliable, and easy to extend

Qualifications

• You’re a curious technologist at heart. You like understanding how things work, and you enjoy exploring new tools, approaches, and ideas
• You are a fast self-learner and enjoy dialog
• You have proven software engineering fundamentals and can build reliable systems that others can understand, maintain, and extend
• You are a good communicator and can ask the right questions, explain trade-offs in a straightforward way, and collaborate with stakeholders
• You enjoy collaborating with other team members
• You have a proven track record as a senior Python developer, with at least 5 years of professional software engineering experience
• You have experience working with ML/AI systems in a production environment
• You have native/fluent proficiency in English
• Experience in early-stage startups is a plus

Requirements

• Exceptional command of the Python language is a must
• Exceptional command of FastAPI and related topics is a must
• Exceptional command of production API in combination with PostgreSQL DB is a must
• Good command of PostgreSQL DB is a must
• Good command of Docker in dev and deployment use cases
• Understanding of Infra as code is a plus
• Exceptional understanding of “engineering basics” (version control, CI/CD, environments, debugging)
• Familiarity with retrieval workflows (RAG) and embedding-based search
• Experience with Natural Language Processing is a plus
• Familiarity with at least one front-end framework is a plus

Benefits

• Flexible remote work arrangement (Europe and the Americas only)
• Collaborative, innovation-focused environment
• Opportunity to shape the future of education