Lead Software Engineer – Python/React

Lead Product Engineer (Full Stack), Materia AI

This role is heavily backend focused (roughly 70% backend / 30% frontend).

Overall Focus

We are specifically looking for engineers who have built and shipped real products end-to-end, not just contributed small features within large organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on ownership building production products from 0→1
• Python backend depth (FastAPI/Django/APIs/microservices)
• Scalable distributed systems
• Product engineering mindset
• Customer‑facing feature ownership
• React/TypeScript capability to support full‑stack delivery
• Startup or greenfield experience
• Engineers who can independently design, build, and deliver systems in production

Frontend experience is required, but this is NOT a frontend‑heavy/UI‑focused role. We need backend‑first engineers who can also contribute across the stack wh...