Senior Backend Engineer

Description

At Qodo, we're building an AI Code Review platform that helps developers move fast, ship with confidence, and elevate code quality across the SDLC through deep, scalable codebase understanding.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Backend Engineer with 7+ years of hands-on experience to join one of our teams. As a Backend Engineer at Qodo, you will take ownership of features across the entire development lifecycle - from initial concept and design to deployment and maintenance in an enterprise-grade production environment. This role involves close collaboration with the product team to turn ideas into high-quality, functional software.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the end-to-end implementation of new features and product offerings
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code across the full stack
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers
• Participate in all phases of the development lifecycle, including analysis, design, coding, testing, and deployment
• Ensure application performance, quality, and responsiveness

Requirements

Technical Skills

• 7+ years of software development experience, with a focus on debugging complex production systems in scalable SaaS environments
• Strong ability to leverage modern AI tools to improve development speed and code quality
• Strong expertise in Python and modern backend development practices
• Understanding of cloud-native architecture (GCP/AWS)
• Database: Strong experience with SQL and PostgreSQL
• Proven track record of strong ownership over features through development, production, and maintenance

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience in AI-focused companies, particularly with NLP
• Familiarity with “vibe coding” (either as a practitioner or with a well-reasoned perspective against it)
• Experience with DevOps practices, including building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and working with Docker and containerization technologies