The Motley Fool

Backend Engineer

• The Motley Fool is a purpose-driven financial media company focused on helping people make better investment decisions.
• Develop and lead building of investing microservices and APIs using Python frameworks (FastAPI, Django, Flask).
• Build systems and data used by investing products, websites, tools, and subscribers, including real-time market and crypto data.
• Integrate with third-party providers and tools and ensure critical data freshness, accuracy, and high availability with failover capabilities.
• Collaborate with product owners and project managers to define work, value, and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with in-house teams and external providers to launch customer-facing solutions.
• Utilize AI tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot) for architecture, starter code, and automated tests.
• Review code, participate in on-call rotation, and mentor/lead engineers.

Senior Backend Developer, Python

Content Marketing Manager

• The Motley Fool is a purpose-driven financial services company on a mission to make the world smarter, happier, and richer.
• Review, write, and publish hundreds of short articles each month with AI assistance.
• Navigate the CMS to review AI-generated article drafts assembled with salient details and figures.
• Perform quick fact checks to ensure factual accuracy.
• Write 150–300 words of Foolish context that guides readers how to contextualize news events.
• Edit AI-generated content for accuracy, clarity, and substance (beyond copyediting).
• Provide substantive feedback to improve AI prompts and outputs.

Senior Backend Developer, Python

AI Investing Content Specialist