Python Engineer

For more than 20 years, TradeBeyond has been advancing a more efficient, responsible supply chain. Responding to retail sourcings need for smarter, automated workflows and data transparency, we developed the industrys leading supply chain platform, CBX, which is relied on by many of the largest brands and retailers around the world.

As consumers, businesses, and governments alike have increased their commitment to sustainability, Fortune 500 companies such as The Home Depot, REI, Safeway, Lidl, and Lululemon have turned to TradeBeyond to help optimize product development, manage suppliers, reduce waste, and improve quality and compliance.

Learn more at TradeBeyond.com

About the Role

Youll join our AI team to build the Python foundation that makes our AI-powered products smarter and faster. Day to day, youll focus on the services for AI initiativesworking closely with AI engineers and data scientists to ship services and APIs. Over time, youll take on AI functionality development such as semantic retrieval and agent workflows, progressing toward ownership of AI-backed services end-to-end.

Current success is measured by reliable services and clear interfaces; future success is stronger AI/LLM capability in the systems you help deliverso users and customers feel the difference.

Responsibilities:

• Build & ship Python services and REST endpoints with clear, consistent error responses.

• Quality & delivery: contribute tests, reviews, and branch workflows; deliver via Jenkins pipeline.

• Reviews & Docs: participate in code/design reviews and document key technical decisions.

• quarterly objectives: under mentoring, deliver one scoped AI-backed mini-project each quarter.

Requirements (Must-Have)

• Programming languages: proficient in Python for production services.

• Version control & CI/CD: daily Git usage and experience running Jenkins pipelines.

• Foundations: basic logging/metrics/health checks; ability to follow specs, document changes clearly, and deliver on time.

• Languages: native Mandarin and intermediate-level English.

Nice-to-Have

• REST basics: exposure to implementing RESTful APIs (routing, versioning, status codes, pagination, auth basics) with consistent error semantics (e.g. Problem Details).

• LLM exposure: experience calling LLM APIs with timeouts/retries and basic cost/latency awareness; prototypes or features built with OpenAI/Gemini/Azure.

• Information retrieval: understand embeddings/vector search; experience with a vector store (pgvector or MongoDB Atlas Vector Search).

• DB skills: comfortable in Postgres and familiar with SQL performance for API workloads.

• Container & Cloud: exposure to container packaging (Docker) and cloud-hosted deployments (Kubernetes).

• Observability tooling: familiarity with Prometheus/Grafana dashboards or tracing basics.

TradeBeyond Offers

You will work in a flat and open team environment where your experience and expertise are valued. You will work in partnership with a leadership team who have profound domain knowledge in their functional areas and are keen to work with you to continuously make positive impacts for our customers and employees. Externally, you will be engaging with a client network on a global footprint.

We offer competitive compensation in a dynamic, high growth and global environment. At TradeBeyond, we value the diversity of our employees and partners. We believe that our company thrives when we support and celebrate our differences.

Interested parties, please apply together with resume, stating current and expected salary, and send it via APPLY NOW.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. All information provided by applicants will be treated in strictest confidence and handled confidentially for recruitment-related purposes within the company and our associated company. Applicants may be considered for other suitable positions within the company over a one-year period, after which their personal data will be destroyed