Backend Engineer - Data & Orchestration (Fully Remote)

Melotech; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work with global offsites

Equity

Job summary

Melotech is hiring a backend engineer to own data pipelines in a remote-first setting. You will maintain data collection across flaky sources and APIs, manage event-driven pipelines from orchestration to storage, and ensure systems are simple and well-documented.

The role emphasizes ownership, resilience, and rapid impact through a flat hierarchy. With 3–10 years of hands-on engineering, you will leverage advanced Python, backend expertise, and familiarity with Docker, Terraform, and monitoring

Qualifications

• 3 to 10 years of hands-on engineering in small or fast-growing companies.
• Advanced Python and backend experience with Docker, Terraform, and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Keep data collection running across flaky sources, rate limits, and changing APIs.
• Own event-driven pipelines end to end, from orchestration to storage, built to survive failures.
• Document and simplify systems you build.

Skills

Advanced Python

Backend experience

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Monitoring tools

Job description

• Keep data collection running across flaky sources, rate limits, and changing APIs.
• Own event-driven pipelines end to end, from orchestration to storage, built to survive failures.

Who you are:

• 3 to 10 years of hands-on engineering in small or fast-growing companies.
• Advanced Python, backend experience, and comfort with Docker, Terraform, and monitoring tools.
• You own what you build and leave systems simpler and documented.

What makes this exciting:

• You own the data systems outright and decide how they should work.
• Flat hierarchies mean your ideas get implemented and your impact is immediate.
• Competitive salary, equity, and complete freedom through remote work with global offsites.

Melotech

Melotech creates art through technology for media and entertainment, reaching millions of minutes of engagement worldwide. Backed by top VCs and founded by an entrepreneur-investor, the company offers a remote-first culture with global offsites and equity ownership.