Backend Engineer – Django, AI & Algorithmic Systems

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🕒 September 27

💵 $100 / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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First seen by Remote Rocketship September 27

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Spotter Labs

1 - 10 employees

Founded 2020

📦 Logistics

🚗 Transport

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 Seed Round on 2021-11

Logistics • Transport • Artificial Intelligence

Spotter Labs is a company that offers AI-driven solutions to enhance trucking efficiency and maximize earnings for drivers and owner-operators. Utilizing advanced technology, Spotter enables users to schedule personal work times, select preferred destinations, and avoid unfavorable markets using a NO-GO map. The platform intelligently recommends loads based on their score, connecting drivers with optimal opportunities. With special considerations for motor carriers (MCs) older than six months, Spotter provides competitive pricing and services for various stages of MC age.

📋 Description

• Design and implement backend services and APIs using Python, Django, and DRF or similar • Model and evolve domain data using clean database schemas and relationships • Implement algorithmic and AI logic such as scoring, ranking, routing, and decision rules • Write production-ready backend code • Optimize query efficiency, indexing, caching, and response performance • Translate product ideas into technical designs and endpoints • Help define engineering patterns, conventions, and shipping processes • Own core backend features end-to-end in collaboration with a distributed team

🎯 Requirements

• Strong experience building backend applications with Python + Django • Solid understanding of relational data modeling and SQL • Experience with PostgreSQL • Comfortable designing and building RESTful APIs • Experience with non-trivial business logic or algorithms • Understanding of query behavior, performance optimization, indexing, and caching • Comfortable with ambiguity, moving fast, and iterating based on real-world feedback • Ability to work independently in a remote environment and communicate clearly • Experience in startups, side projects, or hackathons (bonus) • Background in algorithms, optimization, or data-heavy systems (bonus) • Experience with Google Cloud Platform in production (bonus) • Familiarity with Redis and PostgreSQL at scale (bonus) • Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and/or serverless on GCP (bonus)

🏖️ Benefits

• $100 bonus after successfully completing the assessment

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