Spotter Labs
Spotter Labs
Spotter Labs develops AI-powered tools for the trucking and transportation industry. Its platform helps drivers and owner-operators plan work around preferred schedules and destinations, steer clear of unfavorable markets with a NO-GO map, and evaluate load opportunities through recommendations based on load scores. The company also supports motor carriers at different stages of operation, with specific consideration for carriers that have been active for more than six months. Spotter Labs is part of the logistics, transport, and artificial intelligence sectors and hires as a technology-focused team serving trucking businesses.

Remote Backend Engineer – Django, AI & Algorithms

Build Django backend services, APIs, and algorithmic systems for AI-driven trucking products at Spotter Labs. This full-time remote role supports a distributed engineering team.

Description

  • Build and maintain backend services and APIs with Python, Django, and Django REST Framework or comparable tools
  • Design and evolve domain models, database schemas, and relational data structures
  • Develop algorithmic and AI capabilities for scoring, ranking, routing, and decision-making
  • Deliver reliable, production-ready backend software
  • Improve query performance through efficient SQL, indexing, caching, and related optimization techniques
  • Turn product concepts into practical technical designs and API endpoints
  • Contribute to engineering standards, development conventions, and release processes
  • Take ownership of core backend functionality from implementation through delivery with a distributed team

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience developing backend applications with Python and Django
  • Strong foundation in relational data modeling and SQL
  • Practical experience working with PostgreSQL
  • Ability to design and implement RESTful APIs
  • Experience handling complex business logic or algorithmic systems
  • Knowledge of query behavior, indexing, caching, and backend performance optimization
  • Comfort working through ambiguity, delivering quickly, and refining solutions from real-world feedback
  • Ability to work autonomously in a remote setting and communicate clearly
  • Startup, side-project, or hackathon experience is a plus
  • Experience with algorithms, optimization, or data-intensive systems is a plus
  • Production experience with Google Cloud Platform is a plus
  • Familiarity with Redis and PostgreSQL at scale is a plus
  • Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, or serverless deployment on GCP is a plus

Benefits

  • Receive a $100 bonus after successfully completing the assessment

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