Backend Engineer, Python

Overview

We're looking for a Backend Engineer, Python to join our team. This is a remote role. We want someone who writes boring, reliable code and leaves good logs behind. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility. You need a reliable internet connection and somewhere quiet to work.

What you'll be doing

• Instrument services with metrics, structured logs and OpenTelemetry traces
• Secure endpoints with OAuth 2.0, JWT validation and proper input checks
• Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB
• Add caching with Redis where it actually helps, and remove it where it doesn't
• Tune slow queries, add indexes and read query plans
• Design and build REST and gRPC APIs in Go, Java or Python
• Implement background jobs and event consumers using Kafka, SQS or RabbitMQ
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of backend development experience in a production environment
• Strong SQL and relational data modeling skills
• Understanding of concurrency, transactions, idempotency and retries
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services

Nice to have

• Kubernetes, including Helm charts

What you get

The salary range for this role is $145,000 - $181,000/year. This range reflects base salary only.

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with 4% match
• Paid parental leave
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off

Company overview

Our engineering, trust and safety, and customer support teams work across offices in Houston and several other countries. More than 6,700 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you need an accommodation during the application process, let us know.

We review applications on a rolling basis.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Velvetridge.