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This role is a great fit if you like owning meaningful parts of a system and making pragmatic trade-offs to ship.\r\nWhat you'll work on\r\nDesign, build, and maintain backend services (Python, gRPC, Postgres, Redis)\r\nWork across a service-oriented architecture and integrate with third-party systems\r\nOwn projects end-to-end: clarify requirements, propose solutions, implement, and iterate in production\r\nScale systems that ingest and process large volumes of activity data\r\nImprove reliability, performance, and observability across services\r\nMake thoughtful trade-offs between speed, quality, and scalability\r\nContribute to system architecture and long-term technical direction\r\nStep outside your primary lane when needed – frontend, infrastructure, etc.\r\nWhat we're looking for\r\nStrong track record of deploying and maintaining high-quality, production-ready code in a modern environment\r\nProficiency in Python and strong backend fundamentals (APIs, data modeling, system design)\r\nExperience building and scaling distributed systems or microservice architectures\r\nA high ownership mindset – you take responsibility for outcomes, not just code\r\nComfort moving quickly and making decisions without perfect information\r\nActively use AI tools (LLMs, copilots, etc.) as part of your day-to-day development workflow\r\nClear communicator who can engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders\r\nExperience in early-stage or fast-moving environments\r\nNice to have\r\nExperience with gRPC or similar RPC frameworks\r\nExperience with DevOps/infrastructure (Docker, IaC, CI/CD)\r\nExperience working with AI/ML systems or integrating LLMs into products\r\nTech stack (not exhaustive)\r\nPython, gRPC, Postgres, Redis, Azure, Docker\r\nWhy this role\r\nYou'll work on systems that are central to how our customers run their business\r\nYou'll have real ownership early – not just implementation work\r\nYou'll be part of a small, collaborative team where your decisions meaningfully shape the product and architecture\r\nHow to apply\r\nReady to join our team at Billables.ai? 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