# Sr Backend Software Engineer, Recording

**Company:** [Scribe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/scribe)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Python, TypeScript, Go, AWS, Distributed Systems, Celery, SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Microservices, Django
**Posted:** 2026-04-20

> Build scalable backend systems for data ingestion, workflow processing, and AI inference using Python, TypeScript, or Go. Requires 8+ years experience with distributed systems, message queues, and microservices in AWS.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and build backend systems powering core product experiences and next-generation AI capabilities
- Architect and evolve large-scale data ingestion and processing pipelines
- Build services supporting AI inference with in-house models
- Improve performance of business-critical systems across the platform
- Work across Python, Typescript, and Go
- Deploy and operate reliable systems in AWS

## Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building backend applications with **Python**, **Typescript**, or **Go**
- Deep experience designing and operating **distributed systems** in production environments
- Confident working with **message queues**, **background jobs**, and task orchestration tools such as **Celery**, **SQS**, **RabbitMQ**, or **Kafka**
- Experience building large-scale **data ingestion** and **processing systems**
- Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining **microservices**
- Skills in optimizing endpoint performance, improving **database query** efficiency, and troubleshooting bottlenecks

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with **Django**
- Worked at a startup or fast-paced, high-growth environment

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