Backend Engineer (Contract)

Location: Remote (Balkans-based role)
Engagement: 12 month contract
Start Date: ASAP


About hedgehog lab

We’re a digital product consultancy of 20 years, partnering with global brands to ship high-impact software through technical excellence and human-first collaboration. You’ll join a team that values craft, clear thinking, and getting great products into users’ hands.


What you’ll work on

Help build and scale a category-defining, AI-led operations platform in the property domain. The core architecture is live; your mission is to evolve intelligent, autonomous workflows that replace manual processes end-to-end.

You’ll:

• Be backend/system integration focused with Python
• Ensure smooth connectivity with Salesforce, Claude and other existing systems
• Work in an embedded, four-person hedgehog lab team alongside a small, high-calibre product/engineering group across US/EU time zones.
• Operate in a trusted partnership model focused on capability building and sustainable delivery.

The team setup

You’ll be part of an embedded squad of 4 engineers, collaborating closely with a lean product, design, and engineering group. Expect fast feedback loops, clear ownership, and plenty of space to influence architecture and roadmap.

What you’ll bring:

Core skills (most critical)

• Deep experience with LangGraph, LLMs, and agentic systems
• Strong Python development for production services

Key capabilities

• Hands-on delivery of agents, prompts, and graphs in LangGraph
• Ability to architect intelligent, resilient workflows end-to-end
• Pragmatic, product-minded engineering with a bias to ship