Backend Engineer, Django – AI & Algorithmic Systems

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🕒 November 19, 2025

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Spotter Labs

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2020

🚗 Transport

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

💰 Seed Round on 2021-11

Transport • Artificial Intelligence • SaaS

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 our domain in the database with clean, well-structured schema s and relationships • Implement algorithmic/AI logic in the backend (e.g., scoring, ranking, routing, decision rules) • Write pragmatic, production-ready code that’s easy to reason about and iterate on • Optimize for correctness and performance : efficient queries, smart indexing, and lean responses • Work with the team to turn product ideas into concrete technical designs and endpoints • Help shape how we build things: patterns, conventions, and how we ship and iterate as we grow.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong experience building backend applications with Python + Django • Solid understanding of relational data modeling and SQL (we use PostgreSQL) • Comfortable designing and building RESTful APIs (bonus if you’ve used DRF or similar frameworks) • Experience working on non-trivial business logic or algorithms (e.g., decision flows, scoring rules, optimization logic) • Good instincts around performance : understanding query behavior, avoiding obvious pitfalls, and using caching when it counts • A startup mindset : comfortable with ambiguity, moving fast, and iterating based on real-world feedback • Ability to work independently in a remote environment and communicate clearly.

🏖️ Benefits

• $100 bonus : After successfully completing a second assessment