Software Engineer, Python/Go

The Role

We’re looking for a backend engineer with strong software and cloud engineering skills. You’ll help us build highly scalable developer-centric APIs and backend systems powered by state-of-the-art ML models. Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Build new API features and endpoints
• Build automated test suites and CI/CD pipelines
• Build highly scalable event-driven and realtime systems
• Instrument systems with metrics, tracing, and logging
• Refactor applications to eliminate tech debt
• Troubleshoot production issues

You’ll love this job if you….

• Enjoy taking ownership and solving complex technical problems, even when there is no perfect solution.
• Enjoy being in a fast-paced, customer-facing role.
• You’re excited to take initiative and tackle big technical challenges like building highly scalable architectures and achieving zero-downtime deploys.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience building backend applications using Go or Python
• 3+ years of working with SQL and NoSQL databases
• 2+ years working with common AWS services
• 2+ years developing REST APIs in frameworks like Django, Flask, Tornado, Fiber or FastAPI
• 1+ years of production support experience
• Has worked at a startup or high growth company

Skills

• Inquisitive. You’re always in search for both novel and effective solutions even when within highly constrained time and resources.
• Fast learner. Ramping up on difficult topics is a trivial task for you.
• Good sense of code structuring. You strive for making your code speak for itself and be readable by other humans.
• Proactive self starter. Driven to accomplish tasks, while acknowledging the value of seeking help when faced with a challenge.

Nice to Have

• Professional experience working with one of the following languages: Java, C#, JavaScript, or C/C++
• Experience with containers