Unbabel is seeking a motivated Backend Python Engineer to join our team, as we expand our ability to deliver seamless, scalable cross-platform translation capabilities to our enterprise partners. You’ll drive forward the development, maintenance, and expansion of core backend services that power smooth, intelligent language solutions.
Responsibilities:
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Plan and implement reliable architectures and core services
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Build, maintain, and optimize codebases in a testable and efficient manner
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Develop, optimize, and support critical services, infrastructure, and applications in production environments
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Help evolve our architecture for scale, resilience, and performance
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Break down complex problems and prioritize technical initiatives with product and engineering teams
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Champion a culture of continuous improvement, automation, code quality, and architectural best practices
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Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver solutions aligned with rapidly changing business and technical needs
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Respond collaboratively to platform and service challenges, employing rapid troubleshooting and prototyping when necessary
Must Haves:
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2+ years of backend engineering experience
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Experience building APIs or system integrations (REST and/or gRPC)
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Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases (e.g. Postgres, MongoDB)
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Proven ability to write clean, well-tested code; competence in test automation; familiarity with secure and maintainable architecture
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Experience working in Agile development environments
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Strong English communication skills
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Collaborative mindset with attention to detail, proactive attitude, and eagerness to learn
Nice to Haves:
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Experience with Python frameworks (FastAPI, Flask)
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Contributions to ML/NLP projects or personal projects demonstrating AI engineering capabilities
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Familiarity with microservices architecture and Kubernetes
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Past work building, operating, and monitoring production services
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DevOps exposure, especially in AWS, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
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Hands-on experience instrumenting metrics and alerts (Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty)
