Epistemix

Epistemix

Senior Back End Software Engineer

US · Senior

No sponsorshipDetected 226 days ago
TypeScriptPythonNode.jsDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentGitNoSQLDynamoDBAWSKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsAPI DevelopmentGraphQLRESTOAuthData ScienceCommunication

About the role

  • Our software engineers at Epistemix show a clear passion for quality and love to bring software to life.
  • You have a passion for great work and strive to produce simple solutions to complex problems.
  • Knowing there are always multiple answers to a problem, you know how to engage in a constructive dialogue to find the best path forward.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain clean, testable, and highly maintainable code, ensuring top-tier performance and reliability.
  • Design, build, test and deploy a highly scalable and resilient system architecture that supports current needs and future growth.
  • We build simulation and data-driven modeling tools that let leaders visualize how strategies will unfold across populations and systems before they commit resources.
  • By clarifying which variables drive outcomes, where leverage exists, and how they interact, we help organizations move from uncertainty to conviction.
  • We are approaching our Series B and actively building the team that will define what comes next.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience
  • 7+ years of back-end software development experience,with a significant portion in a senior role.
  • Expert proficiency in Python, particularly with FastAPI.
  • Deep hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, including but not limited to EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch, and IAM.
  • Extensive experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
  • Hands-on experience with Atlantis for Terraform pull request automation.
  • Demonstrated experience or strong understanding of data science orchestration platforms, such as Prefect.io http://Prefect.io.
  • Experience with API design principles (RESTful, GraphQL) and security best practices (OAuth2, JWT).
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts, asynchronous processing, and message queues.
  • Proven experience designing, building, and operating microservices architectures.
  • Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, including advanced querying, optimization, and data modeling.

Nice to have

  • Strong experience with TypeScript for backend development (Node.js/NestJS experience is a plus).

Benefits

  • Equity & Incentives - Participation in our stock option program.
  • Flexible Time Off - Autonomy to manage your schedule and work-life balance.
  • Health, Welfare and 401(k) Programs - Eligibility for benefits (for U.S. employees).
  • Together, these capabilities let decision-makers stress-test strategies in a controlled environment before deploying them in the real world across healthcare, consumer industries, insurance, and government.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Candidates must possess the legal right to work in their intended work location, as we are currently unable to sponsor or transfer employment visas for any country, including the United States

This listing is sourced directly from Epistemix's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.