Lead Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to enable the company’s Data Science team to scale machine learning innovation by supporting and deploying ML infrastructure across business-critical services. The role involves maintaining and improving backend services, troubleshooting production issues, and contributing to continuous deployment pipelines.

• Deploy machine learning pipeline and endpoint changes
• Identify and remove backend bottlenecks
• Maintain and improve backend services
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues
• Stand up and maintain infrastructure using tools like Terraform, ECS, and Lambda
• Participate in code reviews
• Proactively suggest engineering improvements

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.
• Strong grasp of SQL databases, CI/CD (especially CircleCI), and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).

The role offers:

• Base salary
• Profit-sharing bonus
• Competitive benefits