Pressw

Pressw

Senior Engineer – Backend Lead

Remote, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 75 days ago
TypeScriptPythonFastAPIPostgreSQLCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformDevOpsKafkaData EngineeringCompliance5G/LTEHIPAA

About the role

  • ABOUT PRESSW PressW is where some of the world's most ambitious companies come to actually ship AI.
  • We work on the bleeding edge of what AI can do, guide our clients to the right solutions for their business, and ship the infrastructure they run on.
  • Managed AI is our MSP, purpose-built for institutional investors: private equity firms, venture capital funds, asset managers, and capital markets clients.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the Principal Engineer to lead backend architecture and implementation. Build FastAPI service layer controllers, Pydantic schemas, and legacy-compatible endpoint wrappers that let the old frontend work against the new backend without changes.
  • Own cloud infrastructure on PressW's side: Kubernetes (EKS), networking, IAM, compute, data services, observability. Collaborate with the client's DevOps team on deployment pipelines and rollout execution.
  • Partner with the Data Engineering Lead on translation layer integration (database views, write mappers, dual-write patterns) and migration sequencing.
  • Drive code quality, review standards, and testing discipline across the backend.
  • Partner with the Principal Engineer to lead backend architecture and implementation.
  • Build FastAPI service layer controllers, Pydantic schemas, and legacy-compatible endpoint wrappers that let the old frontend work against the new backend without changes.
  • We're redefining how businesses harness AI by building real systems for real clients, not just selling slides about what's possible.
  • We're a team of three exited AI founders and a group of Applied AI Engineers based in Austin, and we've been heads-down for the last few years building this firm into something we're proud of: more than 70 production AI solutions shipped, 40+ clients across seven industries, and over $50M in measurable profit gains delivered.

Requirements

  • Production cloud infrastructure experience, with depth in Kubernetes.
  • You have owned infrastructure decisions and implementation, not just deployed to someone else's setup.
  • You are the primary backend driver for this work across multiple service groups over multiple quarters.
  • 7+ years of backend engineering experience. Strong hands-on Python required. TypeScript familiarity preferred (there is a dedicated Frontend Lead, but cross-stack awareness helps).
  • Production cloud infrastructure experience, with depth in Kubernetes. You have owned infrastructure decisions and implementation, not just deployed to someone else's setup.
  • Strong PostgreSQL fundamentals: schema design, migrations, performance tuning, and working with views. Experience with Aurora PostgreSQL a plus.
  • Healthcare, HIPAA, or regulated-data experience.
  • Event-driven systems (Kafka, message bus migration). One phase of this engagement replaces a legacy message bus and task queue with Kafka.
  • You will own the backend outcome on a 12-month engagement rebuilding a platform that serves 1,000+ healthcare customers. Small team, high autonomy, real stakes.
  • PressW is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Nice to have

  • Experience working on a system rebuild, decomposition, or large-scale migration where old and new systems ran side by side.
  • Must have shipped meaningful code in the last 2 years.
  • Terraform or equivalent IaC.
  • FastAPI and/or SQLAlchemy experience.
  • Event-driven systems (Kafka, message bus migration).
  • One phase of this engagement replaces a legacy message bus and task queue with Kafka.
  • AI-assisted development workflows (Claude Code, agent frameworks, MCP).
  • Experience with Aurora PostgreSQL a plus.

Skills

  • service layer, APIs, legacy endpoint wrappers, data model, and the cut-over path from old to new.
  • Mentor mid-level engineers and help the Principal set the technical bar.

Benefits

  • You will be the backend lead on PressW's healthcare scheduling platform rebuild (codename Phoenix), reporting to the Principal Engineer.
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