Backend Engineer, Python
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Requirements
- Experience with containerized Python/Django (or FastAPI) services, including deployment on AWS.
- Proficiency in troubleshooting production bugs in systems with limited QA support.
- Strong grasp of SQL databases, CI/CD (especially CircleCI), containerized solutions, and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).
- Comfortable contributing ideas, giving peer feedback via pull requests, and driving technical improvements autonomously.
- EXPERIENCE: 3+ years of professional development experience using Python and deploying backend systems using Python frameworks like Django or FastAPI.
- Track record of backend engineering support for Content Management Systems (CMS) preferred
- Experience with NextJS systems
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Responsibilities
- Develop, deliver, document and support robust and stable backend application features, third-party integrations and infrastructure across a breadth of services and environments.
- Outcomes (Performance Expectations):
- Backend Application Features & Third-Party Integrations
- Support the development and implementation of backend features and integrations across both legacy and new systems.
- Collaborate with senior engineers and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions aligned with business needs.
- Contribute to feasibility discussions and support early-stage prototyping with guidance from peers.
- Service Reliability & Code Execution
- Implement backend functionality with attention to performance, readability, and maintainability.
- Follow team patterns and contribute to test coverage, including basic post-deployment and load testing scripts.
- Escalate reliability or performance concerns and partner with senior engineers to resolve them.
- Monitoring & Issue Resolution
- Help maintain and improve application monitoring by setting up or adjusting alerts, dashboards, or logs.
- Participate in debugging and resolving production issues, with support from senior team members.
- Document fixes and share learnings to strengthen team awareness and incident response.
- Infrastructure & Deployment Support
- Support infrastructure tasks using established tools (e.g., Terraform, ECS, Lambda) under guidance.
- Assist in maintaining CI/CD pipelines and participate in identifying workflow improvements.
- Code Quality & Collaboration
- Write maintainable, testable code using frameworks like Django and testing tools such as Pytest.
- Engage in code reviews with a learning mindset and contribute to a culture of quality and shared ownership.
- Pair with teammates to troubleshoot issues and improve knowledge of system architecture.
- Product Awareness & Team Contribution
- Build awareness of how backend systems connect to product goals and customer outcomes.
- Seek clarity on priorities and outcomes to ensure engineering effort supports business value.
- Competencies
- Collaborative: Open to feedback, communicates clearly across functions, and adds value through shared knowledge (especially during pull request reviews).
- Collaborative:
- Curious & Proactive: Suggests improvements in tooling, deployment, or infrastructure and thinks beyond assigned tasks.
- Curious & Proactive:
- Detail-Oriented: Writes maintainable, testable code with a strong grasp of debugging principles and Python design patterns.
- Detail-Oriented:
- Execution-Driven: Manages time effectively, prioritizes impact, and consistently meets engineering goals without micromanagement.
- Execution-Driven:
- Growth Mindset: Seeks to understand LP’s products and business context to make informed backend decisions and support data-driven goals.
- Growth Mindset:
Benefits
- At Launch Potato, you’ll accelerate your career by owning outcomes, moving fast, and driving impact with a global team of high-performers.
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