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 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

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

Full-stack delivery

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, ideally within a European time zone or ± 3 hours.

Commit to Valencia — after probation, 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

HR screen

Technical interview

Soft-skills / culture interview

Offer

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