Lead Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to join their team. This role involves enabling Launch Potato’s Data Science team to scale machine learning innovation by supporting and deploying ML infrastructure across business-critical services. The Lead Backend Engineer will maintain and improve backend services, troubleshoot production issues, and contribute to continuous deployment pipelines.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy machine learning pipeline and endpoint changes in partnership with the Data Science team.
• Identify and remove backend bottlenecks.
• Maintain and improve backend services, focusing on reliability and performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
• Stand up and maintain infrastructure using tools like Terraform, ECS, and Lambda in a containerized AWS environment.
• Contribute to continuous deployment pipelines and improve CI/CD workflows using tools like CircleCI.
• Participate in and lead thoughtful code reviews.
• Deliver maintainable and testable code using frameworks like Django and tools such as Pytest.
• Suggest engineering improvements based on knowledge of team workflows and Launch Potato’s product ecosystem.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional development experience using Python.
• Experience with containerized Python/Django (or FastAPI) services, including deployment on AWS.
• Proven track record collaborating with Data Science teams and deploying ML endpoints to production.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting production bugs in systems with limited QA support.
• Strong grasp of SQL databases, CI/CD (especially CircleCI), and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).
• Comfortable contributing ideas, giving peer feedback via pull requests, and driving technical improvements autonomously.

The role offers:

• Opportunity to work in a profitable, high-growth company.
• A diverse and inclusive team and culture.
• A compensation package includes a base salary, profit-sharing bonus, and competitive benefits.