Background

Monocle is an AI-powered Retention marketing platform that helps consumer brands personalize any interaction, such as incentives, emails, and sms. Monocle works with brands like True Classic, Honeylove, and Mejuri to improve retention and grow customer LTV by developing AI models that deliver the right interaction to the right user at the perfect timing.

As AI transforms how businesses engage customers, Monocle is pioneering the next wave of intelligent, automated marketing tools.

About the Role

• We are looking for a Backend \ Data Engineer to join our team and help us build scalable web applications & data pipelines. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of both backend development and setting up real time data pipelines, as well as interest in working in a fast-paced startup environment
• We love hiring folks who thrive on being given a goal without much guidance and making a ton of progress on their own. An entrepreneurial spirit is a must!

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain new products for Monocle’s Promotion Platform
• Work with backend engineers and data scientists to build a cohesive product
• Work with a stellar team of engineers, regularly teach and learn from other team members
• Work with customers and product owners to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications
• Prioritize between a large number of tasks based on what you see as the biggest customer pain point
• Participate in shaping the engineering and company culture of Monocle

Qualifications

• You have expert level understanding of modern web technologies, including batch/streaming data processing concepts
• Bouncing ideas in person and sketching architecture diagrams on a whiteboard is something you enjoy
• You’ve used these technologies before - Python, FastAPI (or similar web frameworks), Postgres (or equivalent), Redis, Docker, Kafka, and SQS (or similar messaging technologies)
• You’ve set up multiple data pipelines and know what the common pitfalls are
• Huge advantage if you’ve worked in the past with Apache Flink, Databricks, DBT, Redshift, Agentic AI frameworks such as PydanticAI, ai-sdk (Vercel AI)
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
• 4+ years of experience in backend development

Our Space

We work from our office in Tel Aviv, just a few minutes walk from the light rail and HaShalom train station. It includes a sunny garden and a ping pong table—we like to stay sharp and have fun, whether it’s during a brainstorming session or a quick match between meetings.