Sr. Backend Developer

Sr. Backend Developer

What You'll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain backend services and APIs in Python

• Build and optimize data pipelines using Apache Airflow

• Collaborate with product and frontend teams to define clear service contracts

• Develop infrastructure-as-code for GCP resources (Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, Cloud Storage)

• Ensure reliability: write tests, set up monitoring/alerting, troubleshoot production issues

• Participate in code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and help evolve our best practices

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years of professional Python development experience

• Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow (authoring DAGs, operators, scheduling)

• Strong working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform services (Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, IAM)

• Experience containerizing applications (Docker) and deploying with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, etc.)

• Solid understanding of SQL and relational databases; bonus for NoSQL (Firestore/Datastore)

• Familiarity with RESTful API design

• Commitment to code quality: automated tests, linting, type checking

• Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with Terraform or other IaC tools

• Knowledge of Kubernetes and serverless architectures

• Background in event-driven or streaming data systems (Dataflow, Kafka)

• Exposure to security best practices in cloud environments

• Experience performing statistical analysis and data modeling (e.g., using NumPy, pandas, SciPy)

• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks and workflows (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Pytorch)