Backend Engineer (Python)

PARGO is a Danish tech company building AI-powered tools that help drivers understand parking rules and avoid unnecessary parking fines. Parking regulations are complex, fragmented, and often unclear. We use computer vision, OCR, and rule-based reasoning to turn real-world parking signs and regulations into clear, actionable guidance for end-users.

Our ambition is simple, yet ambitious: make parking rules understandable, reliable, and legally correct, anywhere in Denmark.

About the role

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to help build and evolve PARGO’s parking-sign interpretation platform. You’ll be a core part of the team and have real influence on how we design, build, and improve backend systems that support our AI-driven product, from early ideas to production.

This is a hybrid role. Candidates must be able to work from Denmark occasionally. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor a work permit for this position.

You don’t need deep AI or ML experience to succeed in this role. What matters most is solid backend engineering skills, curiosity, and a willingness to learn.

You’ll be working on

You’ll work primarily on backend systems and services that power PARGO’s platform:

• Designing and improving Python services that run and orchestrate AI and OCR pipelines

• Building and maintaining APIs used by mobile clients and internal services

• Integrating computer vision and OCR components into reliable, production-ready workflows

• Improving performance, robustness, logging, and error handling across backend services

• Working with real production data and seeing your work directly impact end-users

You’ll work on real production systems, not demo projects or prototypes.

What we are looking for

• Experience with Python and backend development

• Familiarity with APIs, data processing, and service-based systems

• Interest in working with AI-driven systems, such as computer vision or OCR, without needing to be an expert

• Ability to write clean, maintainable code and reason about system behavior in production

• A pragmatic and curious mindset, you enjoy solving real problems and improving systems over time

As a person, you:

• Are honest and value your time, and ours

• Care about building robust systems that help real users

• Are comfortable learning new tools and technologies when needed

• Are eager to learn and grow, there is plenty of opportunity for that at PARGO

What’s in it for you

• Real ownership and influence over a growing backend platform

• Hands-on experience with AI-powered systems in production, without being locked into a data science role

• Work with real user data and real-world constraints

• Flexible hours and a high degree of autonomy

• Opportunity to continue in a longer-term or full-time role as PARGO grows

You’ll join PARGO at a stage where core technical decisions still matter. We work pragmatically and iteratively, test, learn, improve, with open communication and fast feedback loops.

Along the way, you’ll gain hands-on experience building reliable Python backends and integrating complex components into systems that work in the real world.