Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Remote

Salary: $100,000 USD to $180,000 USD base salary, depending on experience and location (paid in local currency)

About ValidMind

ValidMind empowers financial services organizations to bring more trust and transparency to the world’s AI/ML/LLM models. With the rapid evolution of AI, increased regulatory scrutiny, and lack of fit-for-purpose tooling, financial services’ Model Risk Management (MRM) and AI Governance functions are under enormous pressure to ensure compliance. We are passionate about helping these organizations seamlessly and confidently test, validate, and document their business’ AI models while ensuring compliance with domestic and international AI and model risk regulations.

With its activities growing globally, ValidMind is looking for a motivated and talented senior backend engineer to drive the development of our cutting-edge platform that serves a global community of model developers and validators.

Senior Backend Engineer

As a senior backend engineer, you will play a critical role in designing and building scalable systems that power ValidMind’s platform for AI/ML model validation and documentation. Your expertise will shape the development of features for our SaaS application and help ensure seamless integration across data-intensive workflows. This role involves close collaboration with product, design, and engineering teams to drive impactful solutions for our customers. You will be at the forefront of developing innovative tools that enhance trust and transparency in AI and statistical models while ensuring compliance with global standards.

What You’ll Be Doing & Your Impact:

• Design and implement backend systems that support the documentation and validation of AI/ML and statistical models.
• Develop APIs around workflow management and orchestration, enabling seamless automation of model validation and documentation processes.
• Build scalable HTTP APIs to handle high volumes of data and support diverse data integrations.
• Develop scalable, high-performance server-side applications for our multi-tenant SaaS platform.
• Work across the stack to enhance features in the ValidMind Library and related API clients.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and design teams to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Drive best practices for CI/CD pipelines and software lifecycle management.

Who You Are & What Makes You Qualified:

• 5+ years of experience building scalable server-side applications with Python.
• Proven expertise in designing and implementing APIs for data-intensive systems.
• Hands-on experience with application services for multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Solid understanding of scaling SQL databases for analytics use cases.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced agile development environment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.

Nice-to-haves

• Background or strong interest in data analytics, AI, or MLOps.
• Familiarity with designing and implementing workflow automation/orchestration systems (e.g., Celery, Apache Airflow, or similar tools).
• Experience implementing CI/CD practices across the stack.
• Experience deploying applications on AWS and containerized environments like Docker.
• Knowledge of financial services or fintech, particularly in AI governance or risk management.

Don’t think you have all the qualifications? We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds who can demonstrate the technical skills and problem-solving mindset needed to succeed. What matters most is your ability to approach challenges with curiosity, adapt to new technologies, and show a track record of building impactful solutions. If you’re passionate about engineering and eager to grow, we encourage you to apply—even if you don’t meet every requirement.

What does ValidMind offer?

• A total compensation package, including base salary, equity incentive, paid time off, and benefits
• An inclusive, remote-first work culture with regular get-togethers around the world
• Work-life balance with a flexible work schedule
• Great career development prospects

At ValidMind, we create the most efficient solution for organizations to automate testing, documentation, and risk management for AI and statistical models. Working here means being at the forefront of AI risk management, but it’s also more personal than that: we promote an inclusive culture where we value your ideas and creativity. We want you to have a sense of ownership over your work, to build