Senior Backend Engineer: API Integrations (Europe)

Kalepa; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary based on experience

Significant equity options

20 days of PTO

Global team offsites

Student stipend

Job summary

A leading technology innovator is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in API development. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in software engineering and strong Python skills. Responsibilities include designing and building API endpoints, improving database performance, and collaborating with a diverse team. The position offers a competitive salary range of $85k – $155k, plus significant equity options, 20 PTO days, and global team offsites.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with external-facing APIs.
• Strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving.
• Experience with serverless technologies and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and build external-facing API endpoints.
• Improve database and query performance.
• Collaborate with a global team of engineers.

Skills

Software engineering

API development

Python programming

System design

Problem-solving

Communication

Cloud technologies

Relational databases

Experimentation

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS (EC2, Lambda)

Job description

A leading technology innovator is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in API development. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in software engineering and strong Python skills. Responsibilities include designing and building API endpoints, improving database performance, and collaborating with a diverse team. The position offers a competitive salary range of $85k – $155k, plus significant equity options, 20 PTO days, and global team offsites.