Description:

Design, build, and maintain highly reliable backend systems that scale to millions of requests per second (RPS).
Translate business goals into technical specifications and iterative development plans, focusing on shipping early and often to deploy new products or features to 500 million users.
Work with queue-driven and event-driven designs, REST APIs, serverless and microservice architectures, and multi-cloud/multi-CDN environments using Kubernetes and other orchestrators.
Write Python and JavaScript/TypeScript (JS/TS) to meet business objectives.
Produce clearly structured, maintainable, well-documented, and tested code, including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
Collaborate with other backend developers to integrate work with infrastructure, automate observability, deployment, quality, and security.
Participate in code reviews, architecture & design sessions, and stay updated on relevant technologies.
Take ownership of tasks, proactively shaping and implementing them.

Requirements:

Thoughtful, conscientious, and self-directed individuals.
5+ years of professional experience building and maintaining large-scale production systems, focusing on performance, scalability, and reliability.
In-depth knowledge of Python.
Experience with orchestration platforms (e.g., Argo, Kubernetes), containerization, and microservice design.
Experience with database systems (SQL, NoSQL), distributed systems and architectures, stream processing, test-driven development (TDD), and CI/CD.
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in a technical or related field from an accredited college or university, or equivalent job experience.
Excellent communication, listening, and presentation skills, with experience interacting with diverse audiences and mentoring peers.
Experience leading technical discussions with a team and driving decisions by balancing trade-offs.

Fully remote position with flexible working hours.
An inspiring team of colleagues spread worldwide.
Pleasant, modern development and deployment workflows with a focus on shipping early and often.
High impact: lots of users, happy customers, high growth, and cutting-edge R&D.
Flat organization structure with direct interaction with customer teams.
Commitment to diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all team members.