Our company:

A fast-growing start-up headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA in the heart of Silicon Valley. We recruit worldwide as our customer base is global. All employees outside San Francisco headquarter work remotely.

Elife is a Startup developing innovative technology in the passenger transport industry, providing any type of ground transportation worldwide, including Group/event transportation, NEMT transportation, senior and disability transportation, pet relocation, bilingual driver for non-English speak clients.

Our market is the world. Our customers are everywhere. Our platform and apps are built on the cloud. We have endless exciting problems to solve and we only use the best and latest technology.

Vision: Reliable ground transportation services globally with all types of vehicles.

Mission: Empower high-quality local fleets.

Job Title: Senior Backend Python Developer

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend applications for customers worldwide.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including frontend, backend, testing, and application design, to deliver integrated solutions.
• Build and optimize Python/MySQL backends hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Enhance, maintain, and troubleshoot existing software applications to ensure performance and reliability.
• Write clean, highly scalable, and testable code following best practices.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve programming bugs and performance bottlenecks.
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing across the team.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5+ years of experience in backend development, particularly with web and mobile applications.
• Strong expertise in Python and MySQL, with proven experience building scalable applications.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), version control, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage time effectively and deliver in a fast-paced, global environment.
• A proactive, can-do attitude and the ability to learn quickly.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, with a collaborative mindset.
• Understanding of ML fundamentals, Building APIs/services to serve ML models

Our Apps

• Single-page web app running on both PC and mobile devices.
• Python/MySQL backend hosted on Amazon Web Services.
• Our customers and markets are worldwide in North America, South America, Asia, Europe, and Africa.