Senior Python Engineer
Posted Apr 28, 2026
What you’ll do
- Take ownership of complex backend systems end-to-end - from scoping and architecture to high-quality, reliable delivery
- Design and build robust, scalable APIs and distributed systems that power our products and deliver exceptional performance
- Collaborate closely with Product, Frontend, and Design teams to translate product ideas into well-architected backend solutions
- Push the boundaries of what’s possible with modern backend technologies, driving innovation in both architecture and developer experience
- Contribute to evolving our backend architecture, infrastructure, and developer tooling to support rapid iteration at scale
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve system performance, reliability, and developer experience - and drive those initiatives through to execution
What we’re looking for
- 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience, ideally in fast-paced startup or high-growth environments
- Deep expertise in Python and FastAPI, with a proven track record of building and scaling production systems
- Experience designing and implementing APIs (REST, GraphQL, or gRPC) that power user-facing products
- Strong experience working with SQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL), including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling for production systems
- Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, ideally on GCP (e.g. Cloud Functions, Cloud Tasks, Firestore)
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code