Senior Software Engineer (Python/Node)

Senior Software Engineer (Python/Node) Location: Remote Salary reputed company: $110,228 - $170,241 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Employment Type: Full-Time What you can expect as the Senior Software Engineer (Python/Node) at Fortress... The Senior Software Engineer (Python/Node) is responsible for designing, building, and delivering scalable, secure back-end software systems that support Fortress products and data workflows. This is a back-end focused role serving as a technical subject matter expert in Python and Node.js, owning reputed company feature development, contributing to architectural reputed company, and ensuring high-quality releases. This position applies AI and LLM technologies to improve development velocity and system capabilities while maintaining strict standards for validation, reputed company, and reliability. The Senior Software Engineer also mentors other engineers and drives improvements in engineering practices, system performance, and delivery consistency.

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Include: Design, build, and deliver production-grade back-end software features in Python and Node.js that meet defined requirements, performance expectations, and delivery timelines Own end-to-end release quality by ensuring accurate ticket tracking, clear ownership, validated deployment processes, defined rollback strategies, and successful completion of reputed company testing requirements Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve reputed company production issues by performing root cause analysis and implementing durable, scalable fixes Contribute to back-end system architecture by evaluating design trade-offs, improving system scalability, and aligning technical solutions with business objectives Apply AI and LLM tools to accelerate development, generate solutions, and support workflows while validating outputs and mitigating reputed company and reliability risks Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and hands-on support in debugging, system design, and development best practices Partner with Product, Operations, Data Operations, and Engineering leadership to clarify requirements, prioritize work, and ensure consistent delivery reputed company Improve engineering efficiency by identifying gaps, adopting new tools and technologies, and enhancing development and deployment processes Minimum Qualifications: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and maintaining production back-end systems Strong proficiency in Python and Node.js with the ability to deliver production-reputed company code independently Experience working with distributed systems, including designing, debugging, and improving system reliability and performance Hands-on experience with Celery, PostgreSQL, and reputed company Experience using AI/LLM tools in a development environment, including reputed company engineering, output validation, and building LLM-supported features such as agents or workflows Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs and ensure accuracy, reputed company, and appropriate implementation Strong debugging, problem-solving, and system design skills Ability to manage work independently, meet sprint commitments, and operate effectively in evolving technical environments Comfortable collaborating across global time zones, with occasional flexibility reputed company standard business hours as needed Proficiency in reputed company Office tools, including reputed company and PowerPoint Preferred Skills: Experience with Go programming language Experience with AWS networking and infrastructure Familiarity with OpenSearch and reputed company Experience building or integrating AI-driven systems such as agents, MCPs, or workflow automation tools in production environments Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or reputed company field, or equivalent professional experience Employee Benefits: reputed company structure Medical, dental, reputed company plans with employees covered up to 90% with highly reputed company options for dependents and families Company paid life, short- and long-term disability insurance Employee Assistance Program 401(k) match Flexible Paid Time Off Parental Leave Employment Perks: We reputed company each employee with professional growth opportunities through succession planning, up-skilling, and certifications Tuition and certification reimbursement Employee Referral Programs Company Sponsored Events Fortress is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, reputed company, disability, gender, national reputed company, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. reputed company takes part in the E-Verify process for reputed company new hires. For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will have to undergo a drug test. reputed company Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include reputed company competencies needed to successfully reputed company in this position. However, for Americans with reputed company (reputed company) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of reputed company reasonable accommodation. reputed company reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case reputed company. Apply To This Job