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Senior Python Backend Engineer
Location
Mexico
Posted
83 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Python Backend Engineer
Workana
• Build and scale backend APIs for live e-commerce use cases • Develop and improve backend functionality for search systems • Work on scalability, performance, reliability, and cost optimization • Improve API response times and server-side platform performance • Integrate machine learning workflows into backend production systems • Build and support backend components for search, personalization, and recommendation use cases • Work with technologies such as Python, Flask, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, and AWS • Own features end-to-end, from design and development to deployment, monitoring, and support • Collaborate closely with the backend lead and broader team while taking responsibility for core backend work
Job Requirements
- Strong backend engineering experience with Python, ideally Flask or Django
- Proven experience building production-grade REST APIs
- Hands-on experience with MySQL and Redis
- Strong experience with Elasticsearch
- Practical experience with semantic search, relevance tuning, ranking, or recommendation systems
- Strong experience with AWS; ECS experience is preferred
- Experience with AWS data services such as Athena, DynamoDB, Firehose, and S3
- Experience with GitHub workflows, CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines
- Working knowledge of JavaScript and React
- Proven experience operating high-scale, low-latency production systems
- Experience working with large codebases or large applications at scale
- Experience integrating AI/ML workflows into production environments
- Ability to work independently, learn quickly, and contribute without heavy day-to-day hand-holding
- Familiarity with Shopify APIs or the Shopify ecosystem is a plus, but not required
Benefits
- Remote role open to candidates across Latin America
- Opportunity to work on a high-scale e-commerce personalization and search platform
- Backend-first role with strong ownership over production systems
- Work closely with a small team where your contributions can have direct impact
- Exposure to search, recommendation systems, scalability, and AI/ML production workflows
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