Senior Software Engineer (Python, AI/ML)

Job Description

Finalsite is the preferred website, communications, enrollment, and marketing platform of more than 7,000 schools and school districts in 119 countries around the world. The company’s people, products and services transform how schools connect and engage with their community, recruit students and staff, and fundraise; while managing the complex requirements around data privacy, accessibility, hosting and security. Finalsite products and services include award-winning website designs, a robust content management system, mass communications tools, a powerful enrollment management system, innovative inbound marketing tools, data integration, training, support and marketing consulting. Finalsite is headquartered in Glastonbury, CT, USA with employees who work remotely in nearly every state in the U.S. as well as Europe, South America, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.finalsite.com.

Vision

To build innovative solutions that elevate school engagement.

Summary of Responsibility

The Senior Software Engineer will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our projects and aligning and innovating our products, offerings, and engineering technologies. This position is ideal for a hands-on leader who can enable our engineering team to succeed and responsibly deliver high-quality software solutions. You will be one of the leading engineers in our multi-location team. Your role will involve not only hands-on development but also influencing aligning initiatives, delivering high-impact solutions and building robust solutions with high quality.

Location

Hybrid / Remote - Anywhere within Krakow, Poland.

B2B option for this role.

Finalsite is a global company and to enable strong collaboration, we have established common core working hours. Candidates should be comfortable working from 11:00-19:00 CEST, with core working hours being 16:00-18:00 CEST

Essential Functions

• Technical Mastery: Lead the development of Python-based data ingestion systems, including robust web scraping and preprocessing tools. Integrate structured and unstructured data flows into Google Vertex AI pipelines. Drive architecture decisions for model training, feature engineering, and real-time inference. Experience with GCP and Vertex AI is preferred. Familiarity with WebSockets, containerized services, DevOps pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and security-first design is a strong plus.

• Project Delivery: Own end-to-end execution of features—from initial design and prototyping to production deployment. Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability across services and data pipelines.

• Influential Mentorship: Provide mentorship and guidance to engineers across teams to align everyone to deliver on the business goals as per effective architecture and the right technical solution.

• Strategic Problem Solving: Tackle complex technical challenges with innovative approaches. Leverage strong problem solving skills to navigate and resolve issues effectively.

• Collaborative Excellence: Work seamlessly with cross-functional and cross-geographical teams, demonstrating exceptional collaboration skills.

Qualifications and Skills

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering; experience in AI/ML projects preferred.

• Proficient in Python , REST/WebSocket APIs, and GCP ecosystem (Vertex AI, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Firestore/BigQuery).

• Solid understanding of modern ML workflows, prompt engineering, and LLM integration

• Familiar with containerization (Docker), CI/CD, and infrastructure tools like Terraform or Cloud Deployment Manager.

• Preference will be given to engineers with experience in React.js and/or Node.js

• Demonstrated experience as a strong individual contributor with a track record of delivering results

• An agile work ethic and ability to adjust quickly to changes

• Hands on experience in serverless architectures and an excellent understanding of DevOps and DevSecOps tools and concepts

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT

Finalsite offers 100% fully remote employment opportunities, however, these opportunities are limited to permanent residents of Poland. Current residency, as well as continued residency, within Poland is required to obtain (and retain) employment with Finalsite.

DISCLOSURES

Finalsite is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact Finalsite's People Operations Team. Finalsite is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Finalsite will ensure that persons with disabilities or special needs are provided a reasonable accommodation. Ensure your Finalsite job offer is legitimate and don't fall victim to fraud. Ask your recruiter for a phone call or other type of verbal communication and ensure all email correspondence is from a finalsite.com email address. For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at finalsite.com/jobs.