Senior Software Engineer

About Us We are Pepoltek, an IT company building a portfolio of SaaS products used across education, HR, and enterprise operations, including BIDYATek, a school management platform for institutions across Bangladesh, our Intelligent HR Solution, a cloud-based HRMS used by growing companies, and an Enterprise ERP suite for supply chain and financial operations. Alongside our own products, we work with software development partners across the globe to extend our engineering capacity on their behalf. We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer for one of these partners, an AI platform for construction capital program owners based in New York, to join their lean, high-performing team. The Role We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience to join a lean, high-performing AI startup building the data backbone and automation platform for construction owners. You'll be a deeply technical IC who thrives in early-stage environments, shipping production backend services, making architectural decisions, and mentoring junior engineers, with a clear path to grow into the Lead Engineer role within 3 to 6 months. We need someone who has been a founding engineer or early hire at a B2B SaaS startup, is comfortable wearing multiple hats, and brings a product mindset alongside deep Python and AWS expertise. What You'll Do Design, build, and operate production-grade backend services and data pipelines using Python and AWS, including Lambda, Step Functions, and serverless architecturesMake critical architectural and system design decisions, leveraging AI coding tools to accelerate developmentOwn features end to end from backend to front end, in a codebase that is roughly 90 percent backend and 10 percent frontendEngage directly with customers and forward deployed engineers to understand workflows and translate ambiguous needs into shipped softwareMentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and pairing What You'll Bring Founding engineer or early employee experience at a B2B SaaS startup, among roughly the first 10 hires, at seed or Series A stage3 to 6 years of backend software engineering experience, having owned production backend systems end to end, not just contributed to themAdvanced Python expertise for production backend systemsStrong hands-on AWS experience, including Lambda, Step Functions, and serverless architecturesA product mindset, willing to talk to customers and clarify requirements directlyBachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field Nice to Have Prior tech lead or mentorship experience guiding junior engineersExperience with AI coding tools and agentic development workflowsA strong startup engineering track record is also considered without a formal degree Growth There is a clear path to the Lead Engineer role within 3 to 6 months, with direct customer exposure and ownership of architectural decisions from day one. Compensation And Perks $180,000 to $200,000 base salaryCompetitive equity Work Authorization Candidates must have current work authorization in the United States without need for employer sponsorship. Job Details Employment type: Full timeLocation: New York, NYWorkplace: Hybrid, 3 days in-office in Midtown, near Grand Central StationTech stack: Python, AWS, AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, REST APIs, Microservices, Databases, React, Serverless, Event-driven architecture, JSON, XML, CSV How To Apply Apply with your updated Resume and a Cover letter or Motivation letter. We only move forward with candidates who clearly show us what they bring to the table.