Senior Software Engineer, Platform

📋 Description

• Design, build, and own mission-critical platform systems and integrations supporting operations, data science, and other teams
• Partner with stakeholders to define approaches, estimate effort, and break large initiatives into incremental deliverables for faster delivery
• Drive technical discussions, evaluate tradeoffs, and balance business needs with maintainability
• Participate in on-call rotation, troubleshoot production incidents, and improve reliability and observability
• Raise code quality through reviews, testing, automation, and refactoring
• Participate in interviewing and contribute to hiring decisions

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• 3+ years of professional Python development experience
• Backend services using Django (preferred), Flask, FastAPI, or similar Python web framework
• Strong SQL experience with relational modeling, raw queries, and performance tuning
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating production apps on AWS or another cloud platform
• Experience using observability tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, etc.) to monitor and improve reliability

🎁 Benefits

• Remote-first: work from home, work from our NYC office, work from anywhere in the U.S. - you decide!
• Equity
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Universal paid parental leave
• Monthly Hungryroot credit for delicious, healthy groceries
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance