The Role
The Senior Application Engineer role involves designing and building applications to provide AI/ML insights, working on full-stack development with an emphasis on back-end services in Python and front-end frameworks like React.
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About Egen:
Egen is a fast-growing and entrepreneurial company with a data-first mindset. We bring together the best engineering talent working with the most advanced technology platforms, including Google Cloud and Salesforce, to help clients drive action and impact through data and insights. We are committed to being a place where the best people choose to work so they can apply their engineering and technology expertise to envision what is next for how data and platforms can change the world for the better. We are dedicated to learning, thrive on solving tough problems, and continually innovate to achieve fast, effective results. If this describes you, we want you on our team.
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About the opportunity:
We’re looking for a Senior Application Engineer to design and build the applications and services that bring AI/ML insights to life for end users. This role bridges the gap between raw data/models and the user experience—delivering intuitive, performant, and scalable solutions. You will work across the full stack, from server-side APIs and microservices to engaging front-end interfaces, while ensuring seamless integration with our AI/ML ecosystem.
Responsibilities:
- Develop full-stack applications and workflows with modern architectures, following 12-factor app principles
- Build and maintain backend services in Python
- Design and implement RESTful APIs and containerized services for application delivery
- Create intuitive, high-performance front-end experiences using frameworks like React, Vue.js, or Angular
- Collaborate closely with Solutions Architects to ensure application design aligns with business and technical requirements
- Implement cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud or Azure, including containerization, async events, and cloud managed services
- Work with relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB), including schema management and database schema migration tools
- Apply testing frameworks and best practices to ensure application quality, performance, and scalability
- Participate in Agile ceremonies—daily scrums, sprint planning, architecture/design sessions
- Contribute to automation, CI/CD strategies, and release management
- Ensure code quality, security, and adherence to non-functional requirements
Basic Qualifications:
- 4+ years of professional software development experience with full-stack applications
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Experience building RESTful APIs and containerized services (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong front-end skills with React, Vue.js, or Angular
- Experience with Google Cloud services for application deployment and scaling
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture and 12-factor app methodology
- Strong database experience with MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server
- Familiarity with configuration and secret management tools
- Knowledge of testing frameworks and Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and system design skills
Compensation & Benefits:
This role is eligible for our competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package to support your well-being:
- Comprehensive Health Insurance
- Paid Leave (Vacation/PTO)
- Paid Holidays
- Sick Leave
- Parental Leave
- Bereavement Leave
- 401 (k) Employer Match
- Employee Referral Bonuses
Check out our complete list of benefits here - >https://egen.ai/people/#benefits
Important: All roles are subject to standard hiring verification practices, which may include background checks, employment verification, and other relevant checks.
EEO and Accommodations:
Egen is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Egen will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Egen welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.
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What We Do
Egen is a data engineering and cloud modernization firm partnering with leading Chicagoland companies to launch, scale, and modernize industry-changing technologies. We are catalysts for change who create digital breakthroughs at warp speed. Our team of cloud and data engineering experts are trusted by top clients in pursuit of the extraordinary. Our mission is to be an enabler of amazing possibilities for companies looking to use the power of cloud and data. We want to stand shoulder to shoulder with clients, as true technology partners, and make sure they succeed at what they have set out to do. We want to be disruptors, game-changers, and innovators who have played an important part in moving the world forward.
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