Lead Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

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

Role involves:

• Deploying machine learning pipelines and endpoint changes.
• Identifying and removing backend bottlenecks.
• Maintaining and improving backend services.
• Troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
• 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 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).
• Comfort contributing ideas and driving technical improvements.

Role offers:

• Remote work opportunity.
• Profit-sharing bonus.
• Competitive benefits.
• Opportunity to make an impact in a profitable, high-growth company.