Senior Backend Engineer & API Architect

WayUp

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

WayUp is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to manage infrastructure, create features, and make architectural decisions for scalable product development. Ideal candidates will have over 4 years of software development experience and strong skills in Django and Python.

This role offers the opportunity to lead projects and work in fast-growing domains like NLP and ETL processing. Join our team in New York, where we empower early-career professionals.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years in software development or related field.
  • Experience working on scalable backends.
  • Strong object-oriented programming skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of an end-to-end product.
  • Collaborate on API development.
  • Make strategic infrastructure decisions for scaling.

Skills

Software development
Object oriented programming
API development
Caching tech (NGINX)
Backend technologies (Django, Python, etc.)
Scalable architectures

Education

Bachelors and/or Masters in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Django
Python
Postgres
Redis
MongoDB

Job description

WayUp is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to manage infrastructure, create features, and make architectural decisions for scalable product development. Ideal candidates will have over 4 years of software development experience and strong skills in Django and Python.

This role offers the opportunity to lead projects and work in fast-growing domains like NLP and ETL processing. Join our team in New York, where we empower early-career professionals.

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