About Us

Foundever™ is a global leader in the customer experience (CX) industry. With 170,000 associates across the globe, we are the team behind the best experiences for +750 of the world’s leading and digital-first brands. Our innovative CX solutions, technology, and expertise are designed to support operational needs for our clients and deliver a seamless experience to customers in the moments that matter.

We are looking for a Fullstack technical lead to join our team and drive the development of our AI-driven applications.

Job Summary

We are seeking a lead Backend software engineer with expertise in backend and with experience working with frontend team members, and successful leadership experience to join our AI team. You will be responsible for managing, designing, implementing, and deploying state-of-the-art web applications and software. Working closely with cloud, data, machine learning engineers, and product managers, you will create AI-driven applications that have a direct impact on our business.

This role requires a very agile mindset, programming skills in Python (Fast API) for the backend and extensive knowledge of development tools and cycles. You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities may shift, and be willing to own problems end-to-end.

Primary Job Responsibilities

Lead a diverse, inclusive, high-performing engineering team
Build systems and tools that increase our deployment velocity and help develop our technical roadmap and prioritization
Contribute meaningful amounts of clean, efficient, tested, and scalable code
Ensure projects are on track, your team is utilized effectively, and core engineering needs are continuously addressed
Communicate well with other engineering or product teams, take responsibility in broadcasting information internally (documentation) or externally (all hands, demos)
Collaborating with data, ML, and DevOps engineers
Collaborating with UX/UI designers in Figma
Ensuring the security and performance of the application’s server-side logic
Troubleshooting and debugging issues to optimize the application's functionality
Developing APIs for seamless front-end–back-end communication
Keeping up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies
Monitoring application performance and usage

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development, with experience with AI and LLM systems
Proven expertise in scalable web application with modern frameworks
Used to work in an Agile environment

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

Strong programming skills in Python
Proficiency in one or more back-end frameworks: Fast API, Nest.JS
Experience with Restful APIs and WebSocket's
Experience with Git and its CI/CD tools
A continuous learning mindset to stay up-to-date with evolving web and cloud technologies
Strong knowledge of database management systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB)
Understanding of server-side architecture and RESTful APIs
Troubleshooting and debugging skills
Familiarity with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS and Azure)
Familiarity with security best practices
Familiarity with Machine Learning model training and inference, especially LLMs

Leadership

Experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure that reliability and scalability are considered in the design and development of new systems and tools
Willing to own important problems end-to-end, but also have good delegation skills and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.
Excited to do hands-on technical work but equally excited to lead technical teams to peak performance
Can create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that makes all feel welcome while enabling radical candor and the challenging of group think
Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed

Education

Bachelor's degree or more in Computer science or related field.

Languages

Excellent conversational and written knowledge in English (C1 level minimum).
French and Spanish language skills are a bonus.

Tools and Applications

Backend framework: Fast API
Front end framework: Vue.JS
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Lead Software Engineer (Remote, Any Location, ES) at Foundever