Backend Software Engineer (Python / Go)

In this role, you’ll get to:

* Build and maintain integrations with social platform APIs, including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and others.

* Develop backend services in Python and Go.

* Work on streaming data pipelines using Kafka and AWS.

* Modernize legacy services and improve performance.

* Support production by handling alerts and investigating data issues.

* Build AI agents and tools (LLM-based agents, MCP servers) that automate engineering and support work, such as data triage.

* Use AI across the whole development lifecycle: design, coding, testing, code review and operations.

* Collaborate with Product, Data and other engineering teams.

Who you are and what you’ll need for this position:

* 3+ years of commercial backend development.

* Strong Python 3 skills, including asyncio, type hints, Pydantic, and pytest

* Production experience with Go.

* Experience integrating third-party REST/GraphQL APIs at scale: OAuth, rate limiting, retries/backoff, idempotency, pagination.

* Hands-on AWS experience, in particular Lambda, S3, SQS, Kinesis/Firehose and Secrets Manager, plus Docker and working knowledge of Kubernetes.

* Strong SQL: PostgreSQL, and analytical warehouses such as Redshift with large, partitioned tables.

* Experience with Kafka or a similar streaming/messaging system.

* Good testing habits, plus experience with code review and CI/CD.

* Hands-on experience building AI agents: LLM APIs, tool use / function calling, MCP, prompt and context design, evaluating agent output.

* Fluency in an AI-assisted SDLC: using coding agents for design, implementation, tests and review, while staying accountable for quality and security.

* Comfort debugging production issues end to end from logs and metrics.

* Good written and spoken English, enough to work with global product and support teams.

Nice to have:

* Experience with social platform APIs: Meta Graph and Marketing API, TikTok Business API, YouTube Data/Analytics.

* Serverless Framework; Sanic or aiohttp; Helm

* Airflow, Databricks, or other data-engineering tooling.

* Microsoft SQL Server, or enough PHP to read and migrate legacy code.

* Observability: Coralogix, Prometheus/Grafana, CloudWatch.

* Data modeling for metrics and analytics; versioned data contracts.

* Background in influencer marketing, martech or ad-tech.

* Agent frameworks or SDKs (e.g. Claude Agent SDK, LangGraph); RAG and agent evaluation.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Have 50% of the criteria? Excited about this opportunity? Interested about what we do at CreatorIQ? Please apply!

What you will get from us:

* People: work with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do.

* Guidance: utilize our learning platform to fully get the training and tools you’ll need to become successful here from your first day with us.

* Surprise meal stipends: work from home can’t stop the enjoyment of someone else making a meal for you!

* Work/life harmony: 26 days vacation, floating and set holidays, wellness allowance, and paid parental leave.

* Medical insurance, life insurance, and business travel insurance

* Stock options as part of our equity-sharing program.

* Comprehensive perks program providing stipends for cell phone and internet, home office setup, mental wellness, professional development and tuition reimbursement, plus occasional company-funded meal opportunities throughout the year.

Compensation, benefits, and beyond:

We know that benefits play a significant role in your overall compensation. We invite you to review our benefits and perks.

Who we are:

CreatorIQ is enterprise infrastructure for creator marketing, trusted by more than 1,300 of the world's leading brands and agencies, including Beiersdorf, Delta Air Lines, Dentsu, Google, Nestlé, and Wella. Powered by the Creator Graph®, CreatorIQ's proprietary AI and intelligence foundation grounded in over 11 years of data, it’s built for teams, agents, and the entire enterprise tech stack. With headquarters in Los Angeles and offices in Austin, London, Manila, New York, San Francisco, and Warsaw, CreatorIQ’s global team moves quickly and deliberately because we're setting the pace for an industry that's still being defined.

Learn more at www.creatoriq.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

At CreatorIQ, different perspectives make our work better. The people we hire come from different backgrounds and think in different ways — and that's exactly what helps us connect with each other, and with the customers and creators we serve.We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and empowering work environment where everyone can thrive, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes us unique. By embracing our core values of being intentional, pursuing excellence every day, embracing the journey together, and being a good human, we create an atmosphere that promotes collaboration and growth. Join us to celebrate differences, innovate together, and be a part of a business that is disrupting the marketing industry.

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