Senior Backend Engineer

avivesolutions

Remote

Posted Apr 2, 2026

Full-time
Remote

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Job description

**About Avive:** Avive Solutions, Inc. ([](https://avive.life/)) is a growth stage Automated External Defibrillator (AED) company with a connected response system that is rapidly gaining market share. We are a mission driven team that is quite literally saving lives. Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States, and we are on a mission to change that! We are a dynamic organization that builds elegant, creative solutions to solve complex problems. Ultimately, our mission is for all cardiac arrest victims to have rapid access to life-saving defibrillation. Avive is taking a fresh approach to addressing this decades-old problem by innovating AED technology, coupled with a first-of-its-kind software platform solution to enable a quicker and more streamlined response to SCA emergencies. We believe that this unique combination of deploying advanced – yet still accessible – hardware, and software, has the potential to revolutionize out-of-hospital cardiac arrest response and massively impact SCA survival rates. Check out this short video that shows a glimpse of how our team is working to re-think cardiac arrest response and save lives! Learn more about working at Avive: We are seeking a versatile and proactive Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and operate the services that power our products. The ideal candidate will own backend APIs, data pipelines, and event-driven systems; champion performance, reliability, and security; and collaborate closely with frontend, QA and DevOps teams to deliver a robust platform. Experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, observability, and identity/access patterns is essential for ensuring a scalable and efficient backend environment. ### Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Python and Django. - Develop and optimize data storage solutions with PostgreSQL and Redis, ensuring reliability and performance. - Implement Elasticsearch for search and analytics across large datasets. - Architect and operate distributed systems that handle high-throughput and low-latency workloads. - Build and operate asynchronous task queues and background workers using Celery and Redis. - Write clean, maintainable, and unit-test–focused code with strong coverage using pytest. - Build and maintain REST APIs, ensuring proper authentication, authorization, and versioning - Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend services for scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. - Collaborate with frontend, QA, DevOps, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. - Document technical designs, APIs, and operational runbooks. - Perform other backend software engineering duties as assigned and according to capability ### Required Education and Experience - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - Proven experience developing and maintaining backend systems in production environments. - Strong programming expertise in Python and Django. - Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimization. - Experience with Redis for caching, message queues, or real-time data. ### Preferred Experience - Practical use of Elasticsearch for indexing, search, and data analytics. - Experience building and consuming APIs, including documentation and testing. - Solid understanding of distributed systems design patterns. - Strong focus on unit tests and automated testing using pytest or similar frameworks. - Proficiency with Docker and containerized application deployments. - Proven experience with Celery and managing background workers in production. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. - Agile/Scrum team experience