One of the software development companies we collaborate with at Joppy is looking to hire a Staff Software Engineer for their offices in Barcelona. This is a 100% on-site position.
About the Role
We're hiring Staff Engineers (10+ years of experience) to join our core team in Barcelona.
You'll be solving complex, technical problems and shaping the product and architecture from day one. You should thrive in high-growth startup environments, be fluent in modern Python and async programming and know how to build scalable, event-driven systems. You care about fast, real-time systems and enjoy working at the intersection of performance, AI and great user experience.
If you love solving first-principles problems, navigating ambiguity and want to build a product people love you'll fit right in.
What You'll Work On
Scale a real-time, event-driven backend architecture where milliseconds matter
Design and implement low-latency APIs using FastAPI and Asyncio
Solve engineering challenges in performance optimization, observability, and resilience
End to end contributions from frontend to infrastructure.
Collaborate on prompt engineering, LLM behaviors, LLM fine-tuning and UX
Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and AWS
Contribute to 0→1 product development with a small, fast-moving team
Our Stack
Backend: Python, FastAPI, Asyncio, Redis, PostgreSQL
Infra: AWS, Terraform, CI/CD
Frontend: React
Tooling: GitHub, Datadog, Linear
Bonus Points
Experience with LLMs (prompting, training, alignment)
Experience with TTS, STT and real-time voice
Experience with browser automations
Deep knowledge of AWS, Terraform, and distributed systems
Experience shipping 0→1 products in a startup
What You'll Get
Above-average salary
Significant equity in a company backed by A16z
Full ownership, real impact, and fast learning cycles
A tight-knit team that values clarity, speed, and smart execution
About Joppy
Joppy es una plataforma de reclutamiento tecnológico construida para developers por developers.
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