Backend Developer
Zing AI Coach is the world’s first AI Fitness Personal Trainer revolutionising the way you approach health and wellness. Four years ago, we embarked on a mission to redefine the fitness by replacing the need for a personal trainer with smart, personalised and motivating guidance powered by AI. We are not just another app - we are a movement. Our mission is to help people reach their full potential, physically and mentally, through transformative health journeys.
You’ll be joining the AI Coach vertical - the team behind Zing’s most innovative features. We build and ship the core logic powering real-time feedback, computer vision, recommendation systems, and AI-generated coaching. That includes working with LLMs, local models, and a custom fitness knowledge graph to deliver an intelligent, hyper personalised experience.
This is not just about building APIs - it’s about solving complex, user-facing problems with machine learning, backend engineering, and a tight feedback loop between product, data, and code.
How we work
- Work in fast-growing company (growth of user base during 2023 more than 10X times)
- Fast time to market (usually one release per week)
- Test coverage for codebase 87%
- Cloud infrastructure in AWS
- Production monitoring and alert systems
- Code review process
- Performance tests
- CI-CD
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend services for AI-driven features — including workout recommendations, health tracking, and real-time coaching logic
- Collaborate with ML engineers and product teams to integrate LLMs, computer vision models, and other AI systems into production
- Own features end-to-end: from concept and design through implementation, testing, and deployment
- Ensure our systems are observable, reliable, and fast, with proper monitoring, alerts, and performance tuning
- Participate in code reviews, contribute to technical discussions, and help shape how we build software
We expect that you have
- 4+ years of professional work experience in software engineering with Python
- Working experience in working with popular Python frameworks (Django, FastAPI)
- Working experience with PostgreSQL (or other RDBMS)
- Experience with a message broker like RabbitMQ
- Experience with CI/CD, Monitoring
- Ownership of projects from concept to release
- Experience with payment libraries and services
- Fluent English level
Beneficial skills
- Understanding of cloud technologies, proficiency in AWS
- Preferably, a degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Highly interested in a fast-paced software development environment
- Enthusiasm for learning and continuous improvement
- Passion for Health & Fitness
Why working at Zing is awesome
- Be part of the fastest-growing fitness and lifestyle startup
- Help shape the internal engine of one of the most exciting AI consumer products
- Excellent work environment: the company is small enough to be person-oriented
- Remote-friendly environment with the option to collaborate in-person
Come be a part of something extraordinary at Zing AI Coach – where innovation meets inspiration, and every day brings new opportunities for growth and impact. Join us and help us create an exceptional user experience for Zing Coach!
- Brand
- Zing
- Locations
- Poland
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Department
- Engineering
About Palta (Simple / Zing / Lovi)
Palta is a health & well-being technology company. We're guided by real passion and curiosity to transform bright ideas into worldwide products while delivering real results.
Backend Developer
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