Backend Platform Engineer (Python/FastAPI)

🚀 Join Our Remote Data Products & Machine Learning Startup! 🚀

At Muttdata, we build innovative Data Products and Machine Learning solutions that help companies solve complex business challenges. As a fast-growing, remote-first startup, we're passionate about technology, collaboration, and continuous learning.

🚀 What We Do

• Leveraging our expertise, we build modern Machine Learning systems for demand planning and budget forecasting.
• Developing scalable data infrastructures, we enhance high-level decision-making, tailored to each client.
• Offering comprehensive Data Engineering and custom AI solutions, we optimize cloud-based systems.
• Using Generative AI, we help e-commerce platforms and retailers create higher-quality ads, faster.
• Building deep learning models, we enhance visual recognition and automation for various industries, improving product categorization, quality control, and information retrieval.
• Developing recommendation models, we personalize user experiences in e-commerce, streaming, and digital platforms, driving engagement and conversions.

🌟 Our Partnerships

• Amazon Web Services
• Astronomer
• Databricks

🌟 Our Values

• 📊 We are Data Nerds
• 🤗 We are Open Team Players
• 🚀 We Take Ownership
• 🌟 We Have a Positive Mindset
 🔍 Curious about what we’re up to? Check outour case studies and dive into our blog post to learn more about our culture and the exciting projects we’re working on! 🚀

Responsibilities 🤓

• Design and develop backend services with FastAPI.
• Integrate the platform with agentic AI services.
• Maintain the platform for agentic models, including its observability.
• Develop and manage MCP servers throughout their entire lifecycle.
• Design and operate relational and non-relational databases.
• Apply good authentication and security practices.
• Collaborate across the full stack (frontend, backend, and AI).
 

Required Skills 💻

• 5+ years of experience with Python and strong command of its best practices.
• Advanced knowledge of FastAPI or similar frameworks.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• Knowledge of platforms for agentic models and of observability.
• Knowledge of MCP development and lifecycle.
• Familiarity with LangChain and LangGraph.
• Experience integrating agentic AI services.
• Basic knowledge of cloud.
• Experience working in platform teams.
• Good authentication and security practices.
• Curiosity, a drive to stay up to date, and willingness to work across the full stack.
• Stack: Python, FastAPI, LangChain, LangGraph, MCP, relational and non-relational databases, Cloud.
 

Nice to have 💻

• React and TypeScript.

🎁 Perks

• 🌍 Remote-first culture – work from anywhere!
• 🚀 In-CompanyEnglish Lessons.
• 💪 Wellhub or sports clubstipend to stay active
• 🚀 AWS, DBT, Google Cloud, Azure & Databricks certifications fully covered
• 🍕 Food credits via Pedidos Ya – because great work deserves great food.
• 🎂 Birthday off + an extra vacation week (Mutt Week! 🏖️)
• 🤝 Referral bonuses – help us grow the team & get rewarded!
• ✈️🏝️ Annual Mutters' Trip – an unforgettable getaway with the team!
• 👶 Monthly Childcare Reimbursement  – Because supporting families matters too