Lead/Staff Backend Engineer

Gorilla - Energy data applications

full-time

Posted on: 9/22/2025

Origin: • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Senior

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsPython

About the role

Designing and scaling the data platform powering pricing, forecasting, and analytics applications.
Lead architectural decisions across the platform to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance in high-load, data-heavy environments.
Drive cross-functional technical initiatives with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers.
Mentor and support other engineers through design reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.
Design and build distributed systems handling complex workflows and large volumes of energy data.
Take ownership of critical components, ensuring quality and resilience.
Influence technical direction and culture and contribute to strategic planning and roadmaps.

Expertise in Python, with a strong command of modern software design patterns, testing practices, and performance optimization.
Extensive experience with relational databases and data modeling for high-throughput systems.
Deep understanding of distributed systems design and the trade-offs involved in consistency, availability, and partition tolerance.
Proven track record of working on data-intensive and high-load backends, ideally within SaaS environments.
Familiarity with cloud platforms, especially AWS, and experience with infrastructure-as-code and container orchestration.
Strong architectural intuition and ability to drive clarity in ambiguous, complex technical situations.
Leadership experience through mentoring, leading initiatives, or shaping engineering practices across teams.
Experience in defining and improving DevOps pipelines, observability, and platform reliability.
Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
Proactive and pragmatic: able to balance technical excellence with delivery impact.
Legal right to work in Belgium, Germany or the UK; company does not provide visa sponsorship or relocation support.