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Senior Backend Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Backend Engineer
Teak
• Contribute to the design of scalable, resilient backend systems and microservices. • Evaluate architectural trade-offs, help define service boundaries, and bring strong architectural instincts that elevate team discussions and code reviews. • Build and operate cloud-native systems on AWS. Work across services like ECS, RDS, ElastiCache, SQS, Lambda, and CloudWatch to build reliable, scalable, and observable infrastructure. • Apply performance expertise across the stack — from database query plans and indexing strategies to caching layers and async processing pipelines. • Design and develop APIs, microservices, and backend services that power applications used by millions of users, processing hundreds of millions of events each day. • Devise new approaches to solve problems, refactor, and optimize services to continuously improve the Teak platform. • Participate in code reviews with a focus on architectural principles and performance best practices, and write comprehensive automated tests to ensure system reliability. • Document architectural decisions, system design, and performance findings to support team knowledge sharing and long-term maintainability. • Take part in sprint planning, estimation, retrospectives, and daily standups as part of our Agile workflow. • Participate in on-call rotation and troubleshoot production issues as they arise, applying systematic root-cause analysis. • Leverage AI coding tools, agentic workflows, and MCP servers to accelerate development, improve code quality, and explore automation opportunities across the stack.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional Python development experience.
- 3+ years building production applications with Django or similar CMS frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience contributing to the design and architecture of high-volume, distributed backend systems.
- Hands-on experience building and operating production systems on AWS (ECS, RDS, SQS, CloudWatch, or similar services).
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, including query optimization, indexing strategies, and performance tuning at scale.
- Hands-on experience with caching strategies (Redis, Memcached) and asynchronous task processing.
- Track record of diagnosing and resolving complex performance bottlenecks in production environments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain architectural decisions and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Fully Remote Working Environment
- Competitive Salary and Equity Opportunities
- Unlimited Paid Time-off
- Two paid week-long office closures per year: Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day, and the Week of Fourth of July
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
- Annual Bonus Program
- 401k Matching
- $100/month for Event Ticket Purchase
- Twice annual company retreats in fantastic locations such as San Diego, Napa, Denver, Phoenix and Seattle
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