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Python Backend Engineer (m/f/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Heidelberg
Your mission
  • Responsible for shaping the backend architecture from the ground up - ensuring scalability, security, and performance
  • Integrate our simulator platform with the inference platform to deliver a seamless end-to-end system
  • Define and evolve backend patterns, APIs, and data models to support complex simulation workflows
  • Align Kubernetes orchestration strategies with backend design for optimal scalability and reliability
  • Collaborate closely with frontend, UI/UX, and infrastructure teams to ensure cohesive system design
  • Build backend services capable of handling large-scale, data-intensive, and latency-sensitive operations

Your profile
  • Experience in designing and implementing backend architecture from scratch in production systems
  • Expertise in Python (5+ years) and modern backend frameworks (FastAPI, Django, or similar)
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, data modeling, and API design for complex integrations
  • Strong foundation in security architecture to safeguard sensitive data at scale
  • Ability to design for low latency, and resilience under heavy workloads
  • Expertise in applying modern software architecture patterns for modularity, extensibility, and maintainability
  • Comfortable guiding technical decisions across cross-functional teams, including frontend, UI/UX, and infrastructure engineering
  • Nice-to-have experience:
    • Message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
    • Web communication technologies (WebSockets, Server-Sent Events)
    • Metric databases (VictoriaMetrics, Prometheus, ClickHouse)
    • Relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB)
    • Object storage systems (S3, MinIO)

Why us?
  • Competitive pay & perks: because great work deserves great rewards
  • Work on your terms: flexible hours and remote-friendly culture
  • Fast lanes, no red tape: flat hierarchies and rapid decision-making mean your ideas go live
  • Make it happen: your ideas aren’t just heard - they’re shipped
  • Right place, right time: be part of our growth story and build a career-defining legacy
  • Global by design: work with a diverse, international team across Germany and the US
  • Work with the best: work alongside exceptional engineers and raise the bar together
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About us

Turba AI GmbH is an innovative, emerging startup that transforms AI laws. We are a team of passionate problem-solvers who believe in what we’re building. We constantly push boundaries and embrace our inner nerds as we find new ways to tackle complex challenges. You will find a dynamic work environment here, with flat or even non-existent hierarchies and the chance to take on responsibility from day one. 

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