Senior Backend Developer, Pulsate
Ruby/Python, Gen AI Focused
Digital engagement platform for the banking industry
Job no longer available
Digital engagement platform for the banking industry
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To fuel growth for community financial institutions through personalised digital experiences.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer with over 5 years of expertise in Ruby or Python, a strong understanding of AI-focused development, and extensive experience working with AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in backend development using Ruby (Rails) or Python (Django/FastAPI/Flask)
- Strong experience in AWS services (Lambda, ECS, S3, DynamoDB, API Gateway, etc.)
- Strong experience with ETL pipelines and handling large-scale data ingestion and transformation
- Experience with AWS data services such as AWS Glue, Kinesis, Redshift, Athena, and DynamoDB
- Expertise in Docker and containerized application development
- Proven ability to design scalable system architectures and implement best practices
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions/Workflows
- Solid knowledge of integration and unit testing
- Experience with RESTful APIs and microservices
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in fast-paced environments
- Excellent communication & teamwork: You’re able to explain complex technical concepts clearly to different teams
- Problem-solving & adaptability: You thrive in an agile environment and can navigate challenges with creative solutions
- Ownership & accountability: You take full responsibility for your work and drive initiatives forward independently
- Curiosity & continuous learning: You stay updated on best practices, new technologies, and AI advancements
- Collaboration & mentorship: You contribute to a positive team culture and help mentor junior developers
Desirable
- Experience in the fintech sector or with customer engagement platforms
- Experience with AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, OpenAI API, etc.)
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
- Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi)
- Familiarity with serverless computing and Lambda-based architectures
What the job involves
- You will play a crucial role in architecting and building scalable backend systems, handling large-scale data ingestion and ETL pipelines, and ensuring best practices in data processing, database design, and system architecture
- Architect and build scalable backend solutions using Ruby or Python, ensuring high performance and maintainability
- Design, implement, and optimise AI-driven applications and services
- Develop and manage ETL pipelines and large-scale data ingestion workflows
- Ensure efficient data transformation, cleaning, and storage using best practices
- Optimize and maintain PostgreSQL databases, ensuring scalability, performance tuning, and indexing strategies for high-volume workloads
- Handle high-throughput data processing and design solutions for real-time and batch data workflows
- Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and workflows to streamline deployments
- Design and implement integration and unit testing to ensure system reliability
- Leverage AWS services to build cloud-native applications
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, following industry best practices
- Collaborate with AI, DevOps, and frontend teams to deliver robust and efficient solutions
- Drive best practices in system design, microservices architecture, and API development
Our take
For many financial institutions, unlocking the value of location-based marketing is difficult and expensive. Pulsate solves that problem by delivering a marketing platform specifically tailored for community banks and credit unions.
Pulsate allows banks and unions to drive customer engagement and increase loyalty, in turn growing revenue considerably. The company is backed by finance giant PayPal, which is testament to the quality and value of its product. Pulsate now has customers in every US state, including OneUnited Bank and Arizona Federal.
Pulsate's main challenge will be differentiating itself from competitors such as Gimbal and Urban Airship. Its success across the US, its high-profile backers, and partnerships with digital banking platforms indicate that it will be more than capable of remaining competitive.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2024
$7.8m
SERIES A
Jul 2018
$0.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $10.8m
Company HQ
Madison, WI
Leadership
Sarah Martin
(CEO)Prior to joining Pulsate in 2018, Sarah was an International Commercial Consultant at Globaleze. They also Founded Mamabud where they served as the CEO for over 2 years.
Adriana Ignat
(COO)Adriana is also the Founder of VEKT AI. Previously, they were the VP of Product, Strategy & Operations at EBM Software. Before that, they spent 13 years at Google in various roles, including Senior Lead of Product Excellence.
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