Lead Backend Engineer
Remote
Full Time
#Digital Media
#Engineering
#Machine Learning
#Python
#Django
#fastAPI
#AWS
#Terraform
#CircleCi
#SQL
#CI CD
#Pytest
Launch Potato is a dynamic digital media company that serves as a leading connector between advertisers and consumers throughout the entire journey from initial awareness to final purchase. We operate with a diverse, international team across more than a dozen countries, and we are currently looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to join our high-performing, entrepreneurial group in a fully remote capacity.
Responsibilities
- Partner with our Data Science team to deploy machine learning pipelines and endpoints, ensuring they are scalable and production-ready.
- Identify and resolve backend bottlenecks to help our data scientists experiment and iterate more effectively.
- Take ownership of backend services, focusing on performance, reliability, and clear documentation.
- Troubleshoot and debug production issues independently, even in environments without dedicated QA support.
- Manage infrastructure using Terraform, ECS, and Lambda within our containerized AWS environment.
- Enhance our CI/CD workflows and continuous deployment pipelines using tools like CircleCI.
- Lead code reviews to share knowledge, promote best practices, and ensure the delivery of maintainable, testable code using Pytest.
- Apply a product-oriented mindset to suggest technical improvements that align with our company goals and user-facing objectives.
Must-haves
- At least 4 years of professional development experience using Python.
- Proven experience working with containerized Django or FastAPI services and deploying them on AWS.
- A track record of collaborating with Data Science teams to bring machine learning models into production.
- Strong proficiency in SQL databases, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD best practices.
- Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to provide constructive peer feedback and work autonomously.
Benefits
- Fully remote work environment.
- Participation in our profit-sharing program.
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