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As Staff/Senior Backend Engineer your are going to drive our backend components taking care about simulation and optimization of production plans/ scheduled. It does integrate different types of technologies such as classical solvers as well as machine learning. We are aiming to transform our backend to a distributed system, that is capable to scale properly.

You are working closely with Fullstack developers as well as other AI/ Optimization Engineers in your team. You will be driving our transition from Python to Go.

Activities

• Driving the software design and best practices around concurrency supporting backends.
• Strong focus on backend software design and optimization in python and go.
• Collaboration with domain experts and Full Stack Developers to create solutions for complex business requirements.
• Improvement of Developer Experience/ Productivity through CI enhancements (automated scaled testing pipelines, coding standards, …) in go and python.
• Driving the test strategy for backend components.
• Close collaboration with other Senior Developers to align different parts of the system.

Requirements

• Expert Level Coding Skill in Python (Staff Engineer/ Principle Engineer Level)
• At least Senior Level Coding Skill in Go
• Professional experience in software design and architecture
• Experience in cloud based pipeline building (for CI/ evaluation purposes).
• Experience in end-to-end python project delivery from development to operations (development, testing, build, containerization, deployment, operations).
• Optional: Experience with mathematical solvers (linear/non-linear; e.g. Gurobi, CPLEX, ortools,…).
• Optional: Experience with other languages such as C++, Rust or similar

Application Process

To learn more about our 3-step recruiting process and check out our Tech Radar, visit akeno.ai

About the Company

We’re on a mission to help industrial companies unlock the full potential of their data by enabling real-time, autonomous decision-making in planning and scheduling processes.While data availability in process manufacturing continues to grow, much of it remains untapped. Our software changes that — transforming production scheduling across global factories through intelligent, data-driven automation.We’re proud to work with some of the world’s leading companies in the process industries, including BASF Colours & Effects, Sun Chemical, and many more. 

With a recently completed funding round, we’re scaling rapidly — expanding our team and platform to support the next wave of growth. Backed by a strong five-year pipeline, we’re well-positioned to deliver long-term impact and sustainable innovation.

If you’re excited by complex systems, real-world impact, and building technology that powers the future of process manufacturing, we’d love to hear from you.