Software Engineer – AI Data Engine, Staff/Senior, Open Source, SaaS

Iterative

full-time

Posted on: 4/1/2026

Location Type: Remote

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About the role

Own large new areas within our data management software, and build them from ground up
Participate in the entire product lifecycle from concept through production
Be able, and willing, to multi-task and learn new technologies quickly

5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer
Experience building or working with AI infrastructure at scale (similar to Tesla's data engine, Waymo, etc) or similar relevant experience
Solid knowledge of Python
At least one year of experience with file systems, concurrency, multithreading, and server architectures
Passionate about building highly reliable system software
Experience working remotely
Experience working on high performance database internals, or heavily distributed server backends
Prior startup experience
Experience at other API technology companies
Command of modern system-level languages like Go or Rust

Benefits

Work wherever you want - No offices. Team is distributed remotely worldwide.
Work whenever you want - Asynchronous communication and engineering culture. We are light on meetings and emphasize people finding their own schedule to be prolific & effective. Oh yeah, also Unlimited PTO and sick days!
Open-source your code - We’re an open-source-first company (frankly, it’s in our DNA). Your work will be visible and will be used by thousands of developers every day! Check out our Discord and GitHub.
Competitive compensation - based on the work you do here and not your previous salary.
Great health coverage (medical, dental, vision) for you and your family, 100% paid by us (US only, but can discuss and reimburse, adjust the salary in other locations).
Benefits - 401K with 100% match up to 4% of annual salary (US only, but we give the best we can worldwide through reimbursements and hiring platforms).
Participate in conventions and conferences (PyCon, PyData, O'Reilly AI, etc) - We encourage and support everyone in giving talks, writing blog-posts, and other activities.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonAI infrastructurefile systemsconcurrencymultithreadingserver architectureshigh performance database internalsdistributed server backendsGoRust

Soft Skills

multi-taskingquick learnerpassionate about reliabilityremote work experiencestartup experience