Description:

Loadsmart is a growth-stage start-up technology company valued at over $1 billion, seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in Python and Node.js.
The role involves designing and optimizing backend services, building robust APIs, and enhancing the computer vision pipeline.
Responsibilities include designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems, maintaining data structures on relational databases, and building and optimizing REST APIs.
The engineer will refactor and improve the Node.js codebase, enhance infrastructure and deployment processes, and write high-quality, maintainable code with strong unit and integration testing practices.
Collaboration with other engineers to build, improve, and scale services is essential.

Requirements:

Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in backend development, with strong proficiency in Python and Node.js.
Advanced English skills, including speaking, are required as the team is international.
Expertise in writing clean, maintainable, and well-structured code, supported by tests, is necessary.
Experience in developing and deploying REST APIs and collaborating closely with frontend developers on API design is required.
Strong knowledge of AWS services (Lambdas, S3, etc.) and Postgres is essential.

Loadsmart offers competitive base salaries to reward top talent.
An extremely competitive equity package is available, allowing employees to become shareholders in the company.
Flexible PTO, referred to as Loadie Time Off, is provided to support work-life balance.