We’re seeking a Senior Python Developer who obsesses over clean and scalable code. Join our teams in Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Prishtina or Sarajevo to help us solve complex problems, experiment with new tools, and push the limits of AI-powered development.
About Povio:
We began our journey with Y Combinator, the world's top startup accelerator. With innovation at our core, we develop cutting-edge digital products for industry leaders like Volkswagen, the founder of Reddit, Serena Williams, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Startups and scale-ups are in our DNA, and we love turning bold ideas into polished high-impact solutions.
What You'll Do:
- Design, build, and maintain back-end services with Python.
- Use AI-assisted, agentic, and spec-driven workflows to improve delivery quality, reduce rework, and increase engineering leverage.
- Contribute to AI-powered products and features, from LLM integrations to intelligent workflows and automation.
- Collaborate with designers, PMs, QAs, and engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Take ownership of features from planning and implementation through testing, documentation, and delivery.
- Optimize applications for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Actively explore new technologies and bring fresh ideas into the team.
You’ll Be a Great Fit If You Have:
- 5+ years of experience in software development (3+ years with Python).
- Strong experience with Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
- Hands-on experience with AI-powered developer tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot…) and agentic approaches, paired with the engineering judgment needed to validate the outcome.
- Focus on writing clean, testable, maintainable code.
- Passion for exploring new technologies and applying them in real-world projects.
- Good communication skills and fluency in English for effective collaboration with both your team and international clients.
Nice/Bonus if you've:
- Designed, built, or operated LLM-powered systems in production environments.
- Worked with evaluation, monitoring, or handling non-deterministic model behavior at scale.
What We Offer:
- Expert Team: collaborate with ambitious, supportive engineers who care deeply about quality, learning, and helping each other succeed.
- Continuous Growth: work alongside experienced engineers, explore new technologies, and continuously evolve how you build software.
- Modern Engineering Culture: be at the front edge of AI-assisted, agentic, and spec-driven development with the freedom to keep exploring as the industry evolves and ship more without dropping quality.
- Meaningful Work: build products for top U.S. and European companies, solving diverse technical and business challenges across industries.
- Real Ownership: contribute beyond implementation, influence technical decisions, and see the direct impact of your work on products used by real users.
- Flexible Schedule: join one of our teams in Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Sarajevo, or Prishtina and enjoy a hybrid way of work with flexible hours.
Interested? If you're a growth-minded engineer who's excited to build with AI and push what's possible in modern Python development, we'd love to meet you!
Questions? Feel free to contact Agrina at [email protected] – she’ll be happy to provide answers.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in software development
- 3+ years with Python
- Strong experience with Django or Flask or FastAPI
- Good communication skills and fluency in English
What We Do
Povio is a San Francisco based design and development company building digital products that create a positive impact. With over 1000 successfully delivered projects and 200+ skilled professionals, we have worked together with multinationals like Volkswagen, unicorns like Flexport, and notable personalities like Serena Williams. We are a Y Combinator Winter 2014 company, backed by funds like Social Starts and angel investors like Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable. This year we were also recognized as one of the top 100 highest-growing B2B service providers by Clutch. Our goal is to make building software a great, quick, and delightful experience for our clients and team members. This is why our projects are not only delivered by experienced senior engineers and designers but are also always backed up by the best project managers and quality assurance analysts. If you are an adventurous job seeker, we've got plenty of different roles to offer you. At Povio, you will get the opportunity to work on Silicon Valley projects that matter and develop cutting-edge technology. Our tech stack is focused on, but not limited to: JavaScript (React, Angular, Node.js, React Native) iOS (Swift) Android (Kotlin) Ruby (Ruby on Rails) Java (Spring) DevOps Quality and deadlines are never compromised with us, whether it’s bringing our client's fresh idea to life or improving the quality of an existing project.
