Lead Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato, a digital media company is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to join their international team. The candidate will play a crucial role in enabling the Data Science team to scale machine learning innovation by supporting and deploying ML infrastructure across business-critical services.

Role Involves:

• Deploying machine learning pipeline and endpoint changes.
• Maintaining and improving backend services.
• Troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
• Standing up and maintaining infrastructure using tools like Terraform, ECS, and Lambda.
• Participating in code reviews.

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.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting production bugs.
• Strong grasp of SQL databases, CI/CD (especially CircleCI), and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).
• Comfortable contributing ideas and giving peer feedback.

Launch Potato offers:

• Profit-sharing bonus.
• Competitive benefits.
• Opportunity to work in a profitable, high-growth company.

Launch Potato is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and is an Equal Employment Opportunity company.