Senior Software Engineer (Python)

Product: AI Lab - no-code constructor of Small Language Models.

Estimated time: Full time, Contract.

Location: Remote

Assisterr is a decentralised platform that simplifies the creation, maintenance, and support of community-owned Small Language Models (SLMs).

Our incentive-driven data inference framework allows everyone to contribute knowledge and expertise to train AI models, ensuring permissionless access, data quality, and fair rewards.

Our mission is to ensure everyone has equal opportunities to contribute to and benefit from AI progress.

We just secured a $1.7M Pre-seed round and scaling team. Read more.

You will be working on the infrastructure behind our core customer-facing product AI Lab - a no-code constructor of Small Language Models. This will involve collaboration with AI and Web3 teams.

What You'll do

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems using Python
• Define and maintain clean and conformant HTTP REST API definitions using OpenAPI specifications
• Design, develop, and maintain ergonomic, open-source SDKs using Python.
• Author, publish, and maintain clear and concise documentation, including quickstart and how-to guides, to increase adoption of the Platform APIs and SDKs
• Develop secure and scalable key management systems to enable crypto wallet functionality across a range of custodial configurations
• Work closely with many AI and Web3 teams at Assisterr to externalize their backend services through the Platform APIs, ensuring consistency of concepts, style, and design
• Interface directly with creators/users to collect their feedback and iteratively improve the Platform APIs and SDKs
• Build compelling sample applications end-to-end using the Platform APIs and SDKs to demonstrate their value and pressure-test the developer experience
• Troubleshoot and debug complex fullstack issues, ensuring stability, reliability, and security
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards

What we look for in you:

• 5+ years of experience in both backend and frontend software development
• Mastery of Python; experience with Rust and JavaScript
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an eye for detail and a passion for clear, comprehensive developer documentation
• Strong understanding of crypto wallets, including key management, cryptography, and blockchain protocols (e.g. Solana)
• Proven track record of designing, developing, and shipping high-quality, ergonomic client-side libraries and SDKs
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven architectures
• Experience with databases (MySQL, MongoDB) and vector dbs (Pinecone)
• Solid knowledge of RESTful API design principles and experience with API development and integration
• Familiarity with AWS and containerization technologies like Kubernetes
• Understanding of security best practices and experience with implementing secure coding practices for financial systems

• Working with a passionate and rapidly growing team
• A competitive salary and benefits package (Equity & Token).
• Ability to try and test your best ideas in real life with exposure to 170k users.
• Remote first
• Flexible hours
• Flexible vacation policy
• Quarterly offsite travel for collaboration

Team in Faces

CEO - Nick Havryliak
CPO - Dmytro Dimenko
CTO - Dejan Radić