Lead Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato, a digital media company, is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to enable their Data Science team to scale machine learning innovation by supporting and deploying ML infrastructure across business-critical services. The role is remote and based in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Lead Backend Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and improving backend services, troubleshooting production issues, and contributing to continuous deployment pipelines.

Responsibilities:

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

The role offers:

• Base salary according to market rates.
• Profit-sharing bonus.
• Competitive benefits.