About Readdle
Readdle is a pioneering force in the personal productivity space on Apple devices, having shaped the landscape since 2007. Our mission is to empower individuals and teams with innovative technology, enhancing their efficiency and creativity. We are dedicated to crafting exceptional mobile and desktop experiences for those who aspire to achieve more.
Role Description
As a Back-End Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing PDF Expert's web applications with innovative and challenging features. You will be responsible for designing and implementing AI-driven solutions, and ensuring our applications are user-friendly and high-performing. You will collaborate closely with QA, design, and other engineering teams to produce well-tested, production-ready code and participate in key architecture and infrastructure decisions.
Responsibilities
- Implement new features and enhance existing ones for PDF Expert's web applications.
- Integrate AI-driven solutions to automate complex processes and enhance user experience.
- Write well-structured, maintainable, and production-ready code.
- Ensure the codebase is always in a buildable state and adheres to team coding standards.
- Analyze and improve the performance and usability of web applications.
- Participate in architecture and infrastructure decision-making processes.
- Communicate effectively with the product team about code quality, UX, development processes, implementation delays, and security vulnerabilities.
- Share insights and propose innovative solutions to improve the product and development practices.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Expertise in Python 3.x and modern best practices
- Strong knowledge of async programming and concurrency
- Hands-on experience with profiling, debugging, and performance tuning
- Experience in load testing and system optimization
- Proficiency in SQLAlchemy, MySQL, and query performance optimization
- Understanding of Kubernetes concepts (Pods, Deployments, ConfigMaps, Secrets)
- Experience with Docker for containerization and orchestration
Bonus Skills
- Experience with AWS services like SQS, RDS (MySQL)
- Familiarity with LangChain or similar AI/LLM frameworks (e.g., LlamaIndex)
- Understanding of vector databases and retrieval mechanisms
- Experience integrating OpenAI APIs and LLM-based applications
- Knowledge of prompt engineering & retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
What Readdle Offers
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Customer-centric culture: Benefit from direct customer interaction to create the best solutions.
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Professional growth: Own your decisions and work, with quality feedback and opportunities for improvement.
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A team of amazing people: Experience a supportive, transparent, and success-oriented team environment.
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Impact on our products: Contribute to valuable products by overcoming constraints and improving processes.
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Innovative culture: Contribute and be valued for new ideas and creative solutions.