Fully-Remote (Work from Home), 9 AM - 5 PM EST

Key Responsibilities:

• Backend Services Development: Design, plan, and implement robust backend services that enhance the functionality and scalability of the SaaS platform.

• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor backend engineers, fostering an environment of growth, innovation, and excellence.

• Architecture Strategy: Contribute to the strategic development of the platform’s backend architecture, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of the business and its customers.

• Feature Contribution: Work closely with the product and engineering teams to develop and deploy key features that enhance user experience and operational efficiency.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Proven Backend Expertise: 7+ years of experience in designing and implementing scalable Django backends, with a solid understanding of relational databases and GraphQL APIs.

• System Ownership: Demonstrated experience in end-to-end system ownership, including deployments, incident response, and system reliability and performance monitoring.

• Analytical Problem Solver: Strong analytical skills with a methodical approach to understanding business contexts, requirements, and system architectures before coding.

• Communicative Leader: Exceptional English fluency and the ability to lead teams effectively, ensuring clear communication, eliminating ambiguities, and fostering a collaborative work environment.
  
  

Bonus (nice To Have But Not Required)

• Experience with React + Typescript

• Experience with Hasura

• Experience with Vercel

• Experience with Fly.io
  
  

What Success Looks Like:

• Effective Team Leadership: Within three months, you've become a pivotal force in backend architecture, leading your team to successfully implement critical features that enhance platform performance and user experience.

• Process Optimization: You've introduced efficient processes and best practices in software development, significantly improving the team's productivity and the software's quality.

• Engineering Excellence: By six months, your expertise has contributed to refining the platform's backend architecture, resulting in an enhanced feature set, scalability, and system reliability, aiding in the rapid growth of the platform.

• Strategic Contributions: You've played a key role in shaping the engineering team's culture and processes, ensuring a balance between speed and quality, and helping onboard new engineers effectively.
  
  

Client’s Stack

• Frontend: React + Typescript + Next.js

• API: REST + GraphQL + Hasura

• Backend: Python + Django

• Data layer: PostgreSQL

• Hosting, and testing environments: Vercel + Fly.io

• Deployments: Github Actions

• Version Control: Git + GitHub
  

How to apply

Interested?? Visit Lead Backend Engineer