Python Backend Engineer — Snayu AILocation: India
Work Mode: Remote
Engagement: 12-month paid contract, with possibility of continuation
Company: Snayu AI
Project: LychD — Open-source local AI & workflow platform
We’re looking for a Python Backend Engineer who enjoys understanding how systems work and solving problems — not simply completing assigned tickets.
You’ll work closely with the founder and another backend/full-stack engineer to build and improve the backend of our core software platform.

What You’ll Work OnYour responsibilities will include:
- Developing and maintaining backend services using Python and asyncio
- Building systems for dispatching, scheduling, and coordinating background tasks
- Working with PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, and Alembic
- Designing clean configuration and extension systems that are easy to maintain and expand
- Investigating and fixing issues involving services, processes, workers, and Linux systems
- Handling failures, retries, concurrency, and task execution reliably
- Writing tests and documentation




- Reviewing code and discussing technical decisions with the engineering team
- Helping evolve the architecture as the project grows, rather than simply implementing isolated features

Initially, you’ll work through an existing workflow — from configuration → execution → task processing → database persistence — to understand how the different components interact.
From there, you’ll take ownership of a real improvement or engineering problem.

What We’re Looking ForRequired
- Strong knowledge of Python
- Valuable understanding of asyncio, asynchronous programming, and concurrency
- Practical experience with PostgreSQL and SQL
- Experience with SQLAlchemy and Alembic
- Comfortable working with Linux, services, processes, and logs
- Understanding of background workers, task queues, or similar systems
- Ability to investigate problems independently and explain the reasoning behind your solution
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and an

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