Supertab

Senior Backend Engineer, Python

Supertab

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 €85,000 - €92,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSDockerPostgresPython

About the role

  • Working within a backend team to improve our core product.
  • Leveraging your experience to simplify complex problems and provide solutions to business problems.
  • Playing a key role in taking our micropayments platform to market.
  • Working within a cross functional team of Product Managers, UX designers, Engineering Managers, and Frontend Engineers to understand the requirements and scope that drive the design of technical solutions.
  • Technical scoping and leading architectural discussions.
  • Contributing clean, functioning and tested code.
  • Setting up and managing appropriate tooling.
  • Creating documentation for new features and maintaining documentation of existing ones.
  • Helping to identify and fix bugs, issues and performance bottlenecks.

Requirements

  • We’re looking for a seasoned Python backend developer with a passion for problem solving and a knack for leadership to join our fully distributed tech team full time.
  • If you’re interested in this role and have senior level experience, but don’t meet all of the criteria listed below, please apply anyway.
  • Has deep experience with Python and its ecosystems, as well as some experience with other parts of our tech stack.
  • Has some experience working in fintech, payments or ad serving.
  • Understands complex systems and the interactions between them in depth.
  • Gives input on architecture and system design.
  • Seeks answers, refines requirements and decomposes complexity.
  • Translates ideas into projects with discrete tasks.
  • Provides mentorship to other members of the engineering team, gives guidance to and unblocks other engineers.
  • Is sought out by others as a technical resource.
  • Makes good, informed decisions around technical debt and tradeoffs.
  • Communicates well with technical and non-technical colleagues.
  • Has a good understanding of API design and working with frontend engineers.
  • Has a good command of English: written and verbal, producing and understanding.
  • As a distributed team, we primarily communicate via Slack, so the ability to clearly and completely communicate in written English is vital.
  • We also frequently hop on calls, both audio and video, so the ability to clearly speak and understand English is also vital.
  • Has prior experience in a senior role.