Jr+. Python Backend Developer

Location: Argentina (ideally AMBA/GBA) - Hybrid preferred. Type: Full-time.

Mission

Faros AI is an operational data platform that unifies engineering data to give leaders a single view of their entire software development lifecycle. We’re looking for software engineers who want to build the future of engineering operations with us.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data infrastructure that ingests and transforms engineering data at scale.
• Design and implement backend services/APIs balancing speed, flexibility, security, and scalability.
• Collaborate with product, data, and engineering teams to design data products and platform features.

Requirements

• Experience:
  • 2 years in software engineering.
• Technical Stack:
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript + Node.js and/or Python.
  • Experience designing/consuming REST/GraphQL APIs.
  • Experience with building & productionizing web services, data pipelines, ETL/ELT, orchestration frameworks.
  • Strong database fundamentals (SQL/NoSQL).
  • CI/CD familiarity (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.).
  • Experience running production workloads including monitoring, alerting, logging, metrics, traces, oncall.
  • Security fundamentals.
• Cloud:
  • Hands-on experience with one or more major cloud providers: AWS, Azure, GCP (certifications are a plus).
• Collaboration & Communication:
  • Comfortable working with distributed international teams.
• English:
  • English C1: able to participate in technical calls and write clear communication.
• Education:
  • Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering, or equivalent real-world experience.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with building & integrating with SaaS platforms.
• Experience with engineering analytics or developer-productivity tooling.
• Experience with IaC, containers, serverless, queues/event-driven architectures.
• Experience with security practices (authN/authZ, secrets management).
• Familiarity with engineering metrics (DORA, code quality, delivery metrics).
• Hands-on experience using coding agents (AI-assisted development).

Location & Work Style

Based in Argentina (ideally AMBA/GBA). Hybrid 2-3 days in person; expects partial time-zone overlap with Pacific time. Full-time.

Cultural Fit

• Serious, long-term mindset, focused, embraces high standards without perfectionism.
• Team-oriented but accountable; debates specs openly without avoiding conflict.
• Proactive problem-solving, takes end-to-end responsibility.
• Highly dependable, over-delivers, moves fast without sacrificing judgment.
• Communicational style: Direct, concise, documented, async-first.
• Core Cultural Values: Transparency, ownership, individual responsibility.