Position: Senior Python Software Engineer
Company: Verbit
Category: Python
Experience required: 3y
English level: intermediate

Responsibilities

What Makes Verbit Unique? 

Verbit’s 450 individuals share a vision of making all video and audio content accessible to everyone. Verbit’s in-house, AI-based solutions take live and recorded audio and video to the next level with the support of 22,000 human professional transcribers. Our captioning, transcription, translation and audio description are trusted by leading universities, corporations, legal agencies, and media entities to make their content accessible, engaging and interactive! 

Verbitizers are actively making the world more equitable for individuals with disabilities every day. After achieving the milestone of becoming a “unicorn company” and showcasing 6x revenue growth year over year, we are humbled and still fascinated by this ride. You too can join our journey toward accessibility and the reinvention of industry practices. Join our offices in New York, San Francisco, Tel Aviv and Kyiv to take advantage of flexible remote work opportunities and work with amazing people.

 

Do You Have Verbitzer DNA?

Verbitizers have the initiative to bring goals and dreams to fruition with a can-do attitude and the motivation of true go-getters. 

We’re a group of:

Tech-savvy individuals who are always open to more growth and learning opportunities
Adaptable and flexible people who thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment
Creative minds who rethink and question how to outperform past results
Effective communicators who can promote and represent Verbit’s tech and brand
If this sounds like you, keep reading.

 

We are currently looking for a Senior Python Software Engineer to join our Kyiv office.

In this role, you will take part in the development of solutions that enable us to revolutionize the transcription industry. You will be joining a team that is building the next generation of Verbit's transcription solution. This is a functional team that includes backend, frontend, and QA engineers, working under the agile development methodology. We make an effort to use a modern development stack, i.e. Python, Postgres, and FastAPI on the backend and React on the frontend.

In your work, you will take responsibility for the life cycle of features and components from early design to production. Work closely with other departments like Product, Data Science and Operations.

Requirements

The Ideal Candidate:

• At least 6-7 years of experience in software development

• At least 4 years of experience with Python

• Experience with Web technologies: HTTP/REST, gRPC

• Experience with relational DBs, SQL

• Experience with cloud ecosystems (AWS)

• Good communication skills

• Ability to work efficiently both individually and within a team

 

Advantage:

• Formal education in relevant fields (CS, Math, Cognition, Linguistics etc.)

• Experience with performance profiling & optimization