Python Backend Engineer

Quartr is a software company serving the world of finance. Every day, leading companies and financial institutions worldwide use our products to research faster and understand deeper. For too long, markets have been obsessed with numbers. Everyone has access to the same quantitative data, while qualitative insights – the words, the signals, the nuance – have remained mostly in the shadows. We make those insights accessible, searchable, and actionable. Our products are used daily by some of the most sophisticated teams in finance and tech, including major hedge funds and Magnificent 7 companies, and over a million finance professionals have downloaded our mobile app. We're backed by some of the smartest minds in our industry and growing fast at a global scale, and we're still at the very beginning of what we expect to be a multi-decade journey. We are looking for a Python Backend Engineer to play a key role in building our next-generation document automation solutions. You'll collaborate closely with Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers, as well as interact with Customer Relations, Marketing, and Sales. This is an end-to-end role: design, build, and ship reliable backend systems that automate the lifecycle of document ingestion, parsing, transformation, and storage. Your work will directly impact our user experience and help scale our growing product suite. What you'll do Take ownership of new document automation features: design, implement, test, and deploy reliable Python backend solutions Build scalable systems for automated document ingestion, text extraction, and data transformation from diverse sources and formats (PDF, DOCX, HTML, etc.) Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and background services for document processing and data flow Optimise backend performance for high-volume document workflows and large-scale parallel processing Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape features from concept to release, ensuring outstanding user experiences Co