Back End Engineer, Modus Create
Python, AWS, LLM
Digital product engineering partner for forward-thinking businesses
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Digital product engineering partner for forward-thinking businesses
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To partner with companies building for tomorrow and leading in the digital age.
Role
Who you are
- Strong professional experience with Python for backend development, including building scalable APIs and services. Bonus points for knowledge and experience with FastAPI
- Hands-on experience with AWS, particularly observability and telemetry services (CloudWatch Logs/Metrics, X-Ray), plus general familiarity with core services like Lambda, API Gateway, and S3
- Experience developing and maintaining AI/ML-powered features or integrations, including working with APIs, models, and/or data pipelines
- Strong knowledge of the LLM ecosystem and experience working with multiple AI providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Bedrock, etc.)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems design and building applications that scale across high-traffic environments
- Care about observability, reliability, and creating tools that make other engineers' lives easier
- Proficiency in writing automated tests (unit, integration, and end-to-end) to ensure code quality and reliability
- Familiarity with containerization tools such as Docker and CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of infrastructure as code and configuration management tools (e.g.,Terraform, or similar)
- Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies and collaborative engineering practices
- Ability to translate product requirements into scalable, production-ready solutions
- Experience working in remote or distributed teams, with a strong communication and ownership mindset
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Back End Engineer to join our engineering team and help clients design, build, and scale advanced data solutions
- You will work on large-scale, production-grade data systems, support AI and machine learning initiatives, and translate complex datasets into meaningful insights that drive business and product decisions
- This role requires strong technical depth, the ability to operate in research-heavy and ambiguous environments, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams across product, data, and validation functions
- Building scalable data systems that power AI and machine learning solutions
- Working on complex, high-impact data initiatives with real-world scale
- Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful outcomes
- Raising the bar for data engineering and analytics best practices
- Continuously learning and exploring modern data and AI tooling
Our take
Modus Create is a digital transformation firm that delivers digital strategy, product development, platform modernization and digital operations services. Essentially, it works with clients to assess and improve their digital transformation roadmaps so they can better optimize operations and enhance revenue.
The company's comprehensive suite of services includes but is not limited to security auditing, agile product development, cloud migration and business process automation. This all-in-one approach is attractive to enterprise clients and enables Modus Create to serve the likes of Toyota, Sephora and Adidas.
With an established presence in the space, its expected that Modus Create will continue its path of success for the foreseeable future. It has earned a number of industry accolades, and so far proved its staying power as a trusted transformation partner.
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Company
Company HQ
Hunter Mill District, Reston, VA
Leadership
Sharon Lynch
(CEO)Prior to joining Modus Create in 2025, Sharon spent nearly 12 years at Slalom as a GM of Slalom Build North America. She was also a Manager at Accenture for nearly 8 years.
Benjamin Robin
(COO & CFO)Prior to joining Modus Create in 2022, Benjamin spent 7 years at Tweag as CFO and GM. He also served as the Head of Finance, Tax & Administration at EDP Renewables France & Belgium, and as a Finance & Accounting Manager at Salt Mobile.
Kevin McClelland
(CGO)Alongside Modus Create, Kevin is a Visiting Lecturer of Marketing/Management at the University of Washington. Previously, he spent nearly 12 years at Slalom, holding various roles, including Executive Lead of Slalom AI.
Jon Allegre
(CCO)Prior to joining Modus Create in 20245, Jon spent nearly 15 years at Slalom. He joined Slalom in 2010 as a Practice Area Director before moving into the Role of Managing Director in 2019, a role he held until leaving the company in 2025.
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