Senior Python Backend/Full Stack Developer

About TraceAir

Founded in 2015, TraceAir is transforming land development and home-building with drone-based 3D mapping, geospatial analytics, and automation. More than 200 U.S. builders already rely on our platform to cut costs, compress schedules, and make smarter decisions.

Our 150-person company is fully distributed (Valencia • Yerevan • Seattle), works in two-week SCRUM sprints, and shares an engineering culture that prizes pragmatism, ownership, and technical excellence.

Our Why & How

Purpose: To give people the physical environments they need to realize their full potential.
Vision: To convert construction designs into reality instantly.
Mission: To provide software powered by real-time data for those who actually build.

Our Values

• 🎯 Guide users to success

• 🚀 Strive for high performance, precision, and accuracy

• 📚 Never stop learning

• 🔮 Think forward and innovate

• 🌱 Create the best environment for the most forward-thinking talents

Alpha Team Mission

Alpha owns the internal platforms that allow GIS/CAD specialists and Operations managers to handle fast-growing scan volumes while keeping COGS low and product margins high. We build services, automated workflows and back-office interfaces, and we update or replace legacy components to ensure long-term maintainability.

Media Mentions

• Interview with TraceAir

• TraceAir life in Silicon Valley on Rubase

• TraceAir & 500 Startups on Snob

• Russians conquer America on Varlamov.ru

Requirements

• Full-stack delivery: production experience shipping features end-to-end with Python 3 (async frameworks) and TypeScript/React.

  • Minimum: 2+ years with Python, 1+ year with TypeScript/React.

• Toolbelt fluency: daily Git workflow, Linux shell comfort, and automated testing with pytest and Jest.

• Agile teamwork: proven track record on Scrum/Agile teams delivering iteratively every sprint.

• DevOps mindset: you design, ship, monitor and operate your own services in production.

• Data expertise: solid NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB) or SQL knowledge.

• System design chops: understand API best practices, microservices architecture, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

• Product focus: you care equally about solving real problems and writing clean, maintainable code.

• Languages: Russian — fluent; English — B1+

Nice to Have

• Cloud operations: hands-on with AWS services (EC2, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda) and container runtimes (Docker, basic Kubernetes).

• Infrastructure as Code: experience authoring Terraform or Ansible configurations.

• CI/CD expertise: building and maintaining pipelines with GitHub Actions or Jenkins.

• On-call readiness: willingness to join a ~1-week rotation every 6–8 weeks.

• Tech-stack familiarity: prior exposure to the libraries and tools listed in “Our stack.”

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end features — React + Python services — that automate GIS/CAD workflows and keep TraceAir’s COGS low.

• Own code in production: instrument, deploy, observe; respond to alerts and write post-mortems.

• Automate CI/CD pipelines with Docker, Jenkins or GitHub Actions, Terraform/Ansible.

• Collaborate in two-week SCRUM sprints: grooming, estimates, pair-reviews.

• When designated Epic Lead: create architecture diagrams, estimate work, break down tasks, track delivery and report status.

• Embrace a growth mindset: adapt quickly to new challenges, learn on the fly, and tackle whatever it takes to deliver.

Our stack

Back: Python (aiohttp) and a few services on Java and Node.JS

Front: TypeScript, React, Zustand, Webpack, Jest

CI/CD: Ansible, docker, nginx, Jenkins, Kubernetes

Storage: AWS S3, MongoDB, DynamoDB, RabbitMQ

Clouds: AWS (S3, EC2, Lambdas, CloudWatch, Athena etc.)

GIS: GDAL, QGis

Tools: Git, Asana, Google Docs, Grafana/InfluxDB

Location & Relocation

• 🌍 Start fully remote — from any location except Russia or Belarus, ideally within a European time zone or ± 3 hours.

• 🚀 Commit to Valencia — after probation, you relocate to Valencia, Spain, or already live in Valencia or Barcelona.

• 🏠 Remote-first culture — no requirement to visit an office daily.

Benefits

• 🌴 Unlimited paid vacation

• 🧳 Relocation package

• 🏥 Private health insurance

• 🎓 Skyeng English lessons

• 🧘 Online yoga sessions

• 💬 Therapist & group support

• 👕 Branded TraceAir swag

• 🚀 Maximum autonomy & minimal process overhead

Hiring Process

1. HR screen

2. Technical interview

3. Soft-skills / culture interview

4. Offer