Senior Backend Engineer – Python/AWS | Equity Eligible

Jobot; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stable product platform

Collaboration with engineering leadership

Opportunity for equity participation

Strong compensation upside

Job summary

A fast-growing tech company in New York is seeking an experienced backend engineer to build and scale its backend infrastructure. This role involves collaborating with product and engineering teams to design scalable solutions, tackle complex system issues, and maintain production-ready code. Candidates should have over 5 years of backend engineering experience, especially in Python and distributed systems. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity for technical ownership within the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend engineering experience required.
• Experience with distributed systems development essential.
• Proficiency in advanced Python development is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services.
• Build and maintain distributed systems.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams.

Skills

Backend engineering experience

Distributed systems development

Advanced Python development

Cloud platform experience (AWS preferred)

Relational database experience (PostgreSQL preferred)

Strong computer science fundamentals

Debugging complex system bottlenecks

Project delivery from concept through deployment

Clean code practices

Job description

A fast-growing tech company in New York is seeking an experienced backend engineer to build and scale its backend infrastructure. This role involves collaborating with product and engineering teams to design scalable solutions, tackle complex system issues, and maintain production-ready code. Candidates should have over 5 years of backend engineering experience, especially in Python and distributed systems. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity for technical ownership within the team.