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Jobot lists this Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Python / Django) opportunity in chicago, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
A bit about us
We are partnering with a rapidly growing AI-driven SaaS company that is transforming how organizations leverage data, analytics, and automation to drive business outcomes. Backed by strong recurring revenue growth and an award-winning product, the company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help scale its platform and contribute to key technical and product decisions.
This is a highly visible role offering significant influence over architecture, product direction, engineering standards, and future hiring decisions. The ideal candidate enjoys working across the entire technology stack, thrives in fast-moving environments, and wants to build products that solve meaningful real-world problems at scale.
Why join us?
Competitive Base Salary
Excellent health, dental and vision coverage
Equity in high-growth start-up (not in lieu of a salary)
Flexible Hours
Very generous PTO
401k plan with 4% match
Small team, autonomy
Many more great perks!
Job Details
Salary: $80,000 - $165,000 per year
Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, deploy, and support software across the full technology stack
Build and maintain APIs, microservices, backend services, and data pipelines
Contribute to system architecture, infrastructure, and database design decisions
Partner closely with Product, Sales, Customer Success, and Leadership teams
Review code and promote engineering best practices across the organization
Support machine learning initiatives through experimentation, testing, and model iteration
Help shape the future direction of the engineering organization through technical leadership and mentorship
Qualifications
5+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong full-stack development experience
Experience building and supporting distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and scalable cloud-based applications
Hands-on experience with modern cloud infrastructure and deployment practices
Strong problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
Experience with or willingness to work extensively in technologies such as Python, Django, Node.js, JavaScript frameworks, AWS, relational databases, and event-driven architectures
AI-Assisted Development Requirements
This organization embraces AI as a core part of the software development lifecycle. Engineers are expected to leverage modern AI coding tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, enhance testing, and increase overall productivity.
The ideal candidate already uses tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar AI-powered development platforms on a daily basis. Experience using Claude specifically for code generation, refactoring, debugging, architecture discussions, documentation, test creation, and problem solving is highly valued.
Candidates who view AI as an essential engineering partner rather than an occasional experiment will be most successful in this environment. Curiosity, adaptability, and enthusiasm for AI-assisted software development are considered critical attributes for this role.
Preferred Experience
Machine Learning and AI frameworks
Large-scale data processing and analytics platforms
Telephony, messaging, or communication APIs
Marketing technology integrations
HIPAA-compliant applications and healthcare technology environments
Equity and Inclusion
Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.
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Worksite address
chicago, IL, 60290, US
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