Fullstack Developer, Backend, DevOps

Role Overview

• You will work within a small team directly on the InsectAI project (https://www.insectai.org/), a research initiative to monitor insect populations using autonomous camera traps and artificial intelligence.
• As a senior fullstack developer, you will be responsible for evolving and maintaining our core tools, notably the Antenna web platform (trap data management and analysis) and our machine-learning API/backend (ami-data-companion).
• You will design the infrastructure to process millions of images from field devices, run complex AI models (species detection and classification), and provide a smooth interface for researchers and biologists.
• Backend Development: Architect, develop, and optimize APIs and backend services, primarily in Python (Django). Ensure integration between user interfaces and machine-learning inference engines.
• Large-Scale Data Processing: Manage massive ingestion of images and metadata. Develop and optimize queues and asynchronous tasks (Celery, Redis, RabbitMQ) for image processing by our AI models (detectors, species classifiers).
• Infrastructure and DevOps: Lead the containerized environment (Docker, Docker Compose) and cloud deployments (Openstack, TeamCity). Maintain and improve continuous integration and deployment pipelines (CI/CD).
• ML Collaboration: Work with AI researchers to integrate new computer vision models into production.
• Frontend Development: Contribute to improving the Antenna user interface to allow scientists to view images, correct model predictions, and export statistical data.
• Quality and Open Source: Serve as a technical lead on public GitHub repositories, ensuring code review and technical documentation of our tools.

Requirements

• You are an autonomous developer with a strong inclination toward systems engineering, backend architecture, and infrastructure robustness.
• You are comfortable in a hybrid ecosystem that combines classical software engineering, cloud hosting, and data science/machine learning.
• You have a strong interest in biodiversity conservation, ecology, and open source principles.
• You enjoy solving complex problems, such as handling error states when processing thousands of images or optimizing queries on large databases.
• University degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of software development experience, with a strong focus on backend development and DevOps.
• Excellent command of Python and at least one robust web framework (ideally Django).
• Solid experience with asynchronous task execution and message brokers (Celery, RabbitMQ, Redis).
• Proficiency with containerization tools (Docker) and cloud infrastructure orchestration (Openstack).
• Proven experience setting up CI/CD pipelines and maintaining collaborative code repositories.
• Practical skills with relational databases (PostgreSQL) to effectively manage large volumes of time-series data and metadata.
• Functional knowledge of frontend development (JavaScript/TypeScript, React or other modern frameworks) to work on visualization interfaces.
• Asset: Understanding of machine-learning workflows (PyTorch).
• Fluency in French and English to collaborate effectively within our lab and with international partners.

Tech Stack

• Django
• Docker
• Flux
• JavaScript
• Open Source
• OpenStack
• Postgres
• Python
• PyTorch
• RabbitMQ
• React
• Redis
• TypeScript

Benefits

• The opportunity to contribute to a unique mission with significant impact;
• Flexible hours, summer schedule, and the possibility of remote work;
• A workplace in the heart of Little Italy, in the trendy Mile-Ex neighborhood, close to public transit;
• A team of domain experts—passionate and engaging people;
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment.