LeafLink - Senior Backend Engineer II, Marketplace
Requirements
• 5+ years of experience working as a backend engineer in a production environment. • Strong experience building backend services using Python and Django. • Experience designing, building, and maintaining REST APIs, preferably with Django REST Framework. • Experience working with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, and large datasets. • Strong understanding of backend application architecture, data modeling, and service design. • Strong debugging, problem-solving, and production troubleshooting skills. • Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures. • Familiarity with asynchronous processing, background jobs, queues, or event-based workflows. • Familiarity with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes. • Experience deploying and operating services in AWS or similar cloud environments. • Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational best practices. • Experience in regulated industries, such as financial services or cannabis, is a plus.
Responsibilities
• Design and build backend services supporting commerce workflows and integrations. • Develop and maintain production-grade services using Python, Django, and Django REST Framework. • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design scalable system solutions. • Contribute to architectural discussions and evolve service-oriented systems and event-driven architectures using technologies such as SNS, SQS, or event buses. • Write maintainable, secure, and well-tested backend code. • Improve system reliability, performance, observability, and operational resilience. • Build and maintain APIs used by internal services, external partners, and third-party integrations. • Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling. • Refactor and modernize legacy systems as the platform evolves. • Deploy and operate services in AWS-based environments using modern cloud infrastructure patterns. • Contribute to and improve CI/CD pipelines to support safe, automated, and efficient testing and deployments. • Troubleshoot production issues, participate in root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes. • Participate in code reviews and advocate for strong engineering standards, testing practices, and operational excellence.
Benefits
• Flexible PTO - you’re going to be working hard so enjoy time off with no cap! • Flexible PTO • A robust stock option plan to give our employees a direct stake in LeafLink’s success • stock option plan • 5 Days of Volunteer Time Off (VTO) - giving back is important to us and we want our employees to prioritize cultivating a better community • 5 Days of Volunteer Time Off (VTO) • Competitive compensation and 401k match • 401k match • Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) • health • coverage • Commuter Benefits through our Flexible Spending Account • LeafLink’s employee-centric culture has earned us a coveted spot on BuiltInNYC’s Best Places to Work for in 2021 list. Learn more about LeafLink’s history and the path to our First Billion in Wholesale Cannabis Orders here. • $185,000—$200,000 USD
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