Backend Engineer

Measurabl; North America; Remote; GBP 74,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing technology startup is looking for a Backend Engineer to join their team remotely. The ideal candidate will have over three years of experience and be proficient in Python and systems design. You will work on various backend technologies and contribute to significant projects impacting a large user base, offering competitive compensation ranging from $100k to $165k based on location.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with backend engineering.
• Ability to write clean and simple code.
• Proficient in systems design.
• Quick learner with new technologies.
• Must be enjoyable to work with.

Responsibilities

• Work on backend features for the company's web app.
• Collaborate in shipping new features frequently.
• Get hands-on with various backend technologies.
• Engage in both backend and frontend tasks as needed.

Skills

Backend engineering

Clean code practices

Systems design

Fast learning

Team collaboration

Tools

Python

PostgreSQL

FastAPI

Redis

TypeScript

React

Next.js

Tailwind

AWS

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Pinecone

GPT-4

Job description

THE ROLE

As a foundational member of our engineering team, you'll do all backend work to help ship new features for our web app.

We have a frequent cadence of shipping new features and a close connection to our market. With 650k monthly active users spending hundreds of thousands of hours on the platform, each contribution and feature you ship will have a meaningful impact for the users.

Since we're a startup, you'll have to be willing to get your hands dirty with (and learn) lots of technologies across the backend stack: API design, data engineering, algorithms, startup engineering, analytics, monitoring, web crawling, etc. as well as the frontend stack (it's fine to not have any frontend experience starting out).

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

• 3+ years of experience with backend engineering

• Clean simple code, even when solving complex problems

• Good systems design

• Ability to learn new tech quickly

• Enjoyable to work with

TECHNOLOGY STACK

• Python, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Redis, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind, AWS, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Pinecone, GPT-4

EXAMPLE PROJECTS

• Use an LLM to identify references to other sections in the text of the law

• Improve and migrate our data model for the content we host

• Retrieve semi-structured data from various online sources and automate the structuring of the data

• Improve the evaluation framework for our search engine

Job Type: Full-Time

Location: 100% remote

US-based comp range*: $100k-$165k

Latin America-based comp range*: $75k-$125k (USD)

Canada-based comp range*: $90k-$150k (USD)

* Plus equity (cost of living agnostic)