Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Prometric is a leading provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment solutions. As a Backend Engineer, you will build the foundation and core functionality for B2B customers using our SaaS platform, focusing on robust services for AI-powered systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement back-end REST services using Python, Django and other relevant technologies
- Make decisions on database schemas, communication protocols, and other transactional logic
- Deliver high-quality code following best practices & coding standards, including clean code, unit tests, and CI-CD
- Collaborate with stakeholders & frontend engineers on the requirements, functionality and traits of services
- Take ownership and lead projects to deliver new features and functionality
- Create Proofs-of-Concept and perform R&D to explore and discover novel solutions
- Design cloud solutions composed of both infrastructure and services
- Collaborate with Tech Lead & ML Engineers to integrate AI technologies to solve business problems
- Work in an agile environment, employing an experimental approach to adapt to the evolving needs of a growing startup
- Provide troubleshooting and bug-fixing support to ensure the smooth operation of our software solutions
Skills
- At least 10 years experience in a Software Engineer role or similar position, with a strong emphasis on full-stack web development
- Deep experience in Python software engineering, able to meet modern best practices and mentor other engineers
- At least 5 years experience with one or more Python services frameworks such as Django, Flask or FastAPI
- Demonstrated experience building line-of-business applications or customer facing products, preferably with experience developing B2B SaaS applications
- System design and solution engineering experience, able to wield both infrastructure and application logic to solve business problems
- Knowledge of modern cloud deployments on AWS utilizing resources such as S3, ECS/EKS, RDS and lambdas to compose solutions
- Familiarity with basic with DevOps practices (Github Actions, Infrastructure-as-code, etc)
- Excellent troubleshooting skills, with the ability to identify, triage and address errors, bugs, and technical limitations
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
- A track record of learning new techniques & technology, staying up-to-date with industry trends, and learning new tools and growing your skills
- Experience integrating AI technologies into applications is desirable but optional
Company Overview
Prometric provides technology-enabled testing and assessment solutions for organizations, academic institutions, and government agencies. It was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.prometric.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Prometric has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 3 in 2021, 4 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.