Senior Software Engineer

About Us
We are Pepoltek an IT company building a portfolio of SaaS products used across education HR and enterprise operations including BIDYATek a school management platform for institutions across Bangladesh our Intelligent HR Solution a cloud-based HRMS used by growing companies and an Enterprise ERP suite for supply chain and financial operations. Alongside our own products we work with software development partners across the globe to extend our engineering capacity on their behalf.

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer for one of these partners an AI platform for construction capital program owners based in New York to join their lean high-performing team.

The Role
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with 5 years of experience to join a lean high-performing AI startup building the data backbone and automation platform for construction owners. Youll be a deeply technical IC who thrives in early-stage environments shipping production backend services making architectural decisions and mentoring junior engineers with a clear path to grow into the Lead Engineer role within 3 to 6 months. We need someone who has been a founding engineer or early hire at a B2B SaaS startup is comfortable wearing multiple hats and brings a product mindset alongside deep Python and AWS expertise.

What Youll Do

• Design build and operate production-grade backend services and data pipelines using Python and AWS including Lambda Step Functions and serverless architectures
• Make critical architectural and system design decisions leveraging AI coding tools to accelerate development
• Own features end to end from backend to front end in a codebase that is roughly 90 percent backend and 10 percent frontend
• Engage directly with customers and forward deployed engineers to understand workflows and translate ambiguous needs into shipped software
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews design discussions and pairing

What Youll Bring

• Founding engineer or early employee experience at a B2B SaaS startup among roughly the first 10 hires at seed or Series A stage
• 3 to 6 years of backend software engineering experience having owned production backend systems end to end not just contributed to them
• Advanced Python expertise for production backend systems
• Strong hands-on AWS experience including Lambda Step Functions and serverless architectures
• A product mindset willing to talk to customers and clarify requirements directly
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field

Nice to Have

• Prior tech lead or mentorship experience guiding junior engineers
• Experience with AI coding tools and agentic development workflows
• A strong startup engineering track record is also considered without a formal degree

Growth
There is a clear path to the Lead Engineer role within 3 to 6 months with direct customer exposure and ownership of architectural decisions from day one.

Compensation and Perks

• $180000 to $200000 base salary
• Competitive equity

Work Authorization
Candidates must have current work authorization in the United States without need for employer sponsorship.

Job Details

• Employment type: Full time
• Location: New York NY
• Workplace: Hybrid 3 days in-office in Midtown near Grand Central Station
• Tech stack: Python AWS AWS Lambda AWS Step Functions REST APIs Microservices Databases React Serverless Event-driven architecture JSON XML CSV

How to Apply
Apply with your updated Resume and a Cover letter or Motivation letter. We only move forward with candidates who clearly show us what they bring to the table.