Position: Middle Python developer
Company: Confitech Dienstleistungs GmbH
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

**The mission**
Artificial intelligence is the steam engine of the fourth industrial revolution with a significant impact on all our lives. However, modern AI algorithms are powerful but dangerous black boxes that can cause significant financial and physical harm. Apple’s credit card which has been investigated for discriminating against women, Microsoft’s chatbot that reportedly made racist tweets, or Tesla’s autopilot that was reported to cause crashes are just examples of recent AI incidents. Making algorithmic decision-making transparent and accountable is, therefore, a fundamental prerequisite for future-proof organizations.

Their international team of machine learning researchers, engineers, and business minds has built AI systems for leading organizations and published at top-tier academic venues. 

They enable society for a safe and self-determined co-existence with intelligent machines.

**Client’s story**
The companyi was founded by machine learning researchers and business minds from CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security and Saarland University. Since then, they developed a world-leading technology from fundamental research to scalable software that is implemented by DAX40 companies. In doing so, they are backed by leading investors and renowned advisors from academia and industry.

Together, they translate years of research and industry experience on machine learning into AI auditing tools to democratize trustworthy AI.
To further extend their team, they’re looking for a Backend Engineer (f/m/d).

**Responsibilities**
- Develop, document, and test backend software
- Contribute to architecture decisions and perform code reviews
- Create, review and optimize database operations in the applications
- Collaborate with other engineers, product manager, and UI/UX designer across the organization.
- Act as a technical advisor and think creatively of solutions to problems arising in practice

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Proven 3+ years experience as Python Backend Engineer.
- Experience in working with backend frameworks, such as Django, Flask or FastAPI
- Experience in developing REST/GraphQL API’s
- Solid knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases
- Experience in running code in the cloud (AWS/Azure) and containerizing applications using Docker
- Good knowledge of clean coding, test driven development and CI/CD principles
- Good communication skills in English, both spoken and written
- Bonus (any of):
	- Experience in software engineering of larger projects, preferably B2B or SaaS products.
	 - Experience working in the domain of AI and machine/deep learning