Senior Python Software Engineer @ Connectly

At Connectly we are building revolutionary conversational commerce experiences. Unlike traditional shopping where you have to download an app, or sign up on a website, we allow customers to engage and transact directly within the thread.

By choosing Connectly you will join a VC-backed series A startup on a growth trajectory, work with our world-class team, and experience rapid career advancement opportunities.

About the team: CEO Stefanos was the global Head of Messenger at Facebook. CTO Yandong was CTO of Strava. Other founding members have experience working for Google, Facebook, Uber and other startups.

We are looking for an experienced python software engineer to join our team and work alongside our talented AI engineers to ship powerful messaging products. As our first dedicated Python hire, you’ll begin owning systems previously maintained by the committee.

This is an in-person role at our San Francisco office (FIDI). Please be aware that due to the low success rate of the H1B visa lottery, we are unable to sponsor new visa applications.

Responsibilities

Lead structure and design of new Python systems
Contribute to core chatbot servers and bot orchestration code - deployed as RPC microservices.
Contribute to Python RPC endpoints supporting our CRUD APIs
Contribute to core libraries
Contribute to DevOps
Lead migration dependency migration initiatives

Requirements

> 3 years experience working with production Python codebases
Strong understanding of Python
Comfort with large Python programs containing many subpackages/sdks.
Async programming experience either `asyncio` or `threading`.
Experience in at least 3 of the following:
GRPC
Poetry
Pydantic
OpenTelemetry
Kubernetes
CI/CD tooling

Bonus:

Open Source contributions
Experience with large mono repos
Prompt engineering

We Offer

An amazing team to work with
Competitive pay & significant equity
Remote role
Health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
Unlimited Time Off
Flexible Work Hours
Top of the line workstation
A supportive, caring and learning environment

Connectly is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace that is distributed around the world.

We’re a remote-first company with clients and team members across the world. We allow you to work from anywhere in the world anytime you prefer, as long as you are able to stay on top of deliverables and are able to overlap with the scheduled team meetings and close collaboration hours. (location-specific legal requirements permitting). At the same time we are also experimenting with hybrid work models, so please don’t let that discourage you from applying!

We’re looking to cultivate a highly creative, motivating, and collaborative environment as we aim to move fast and build quickly. Talk to us if you are interested!

Responsibilities

Requirements

We Offer

6 month growth

1 year growth

2 year growth