Lead Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role is remote and based in Leon, Mexico.

The Lead Backend Engineer will be responsible for enabling Launch Potato’s Data Science team to scale machine learning innovation. They will be supporting and deploying ML infrastructure across business-critical services.

Responsibilities include:

• Deploying machine learning pipeline and endpoint changes in partnership with the Data Science team.
• Identifying and removing backend bottlenecks.
• Maintaining and improving backend services.
• Troubleshooting and resolving production issues across Launch Potato services.
• Maintaining infrastructure using tools like Terraform, ECS, and Lambda.
• Participating in code reviews and promoting best practices.
• Approaching projects with a product-oriented mindset.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 4+ years of professional development experience using Python and deploying backend systems using Python frameworks like Django or FastAPI.
• 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).
• Comfort contributing ideas, giving peer feedback via pull requests, and driving technical improvements autonomously.

Launch Potato offers:

• A base salary, profit-sharing bonus, and competitive benefits.
• The opportunity to make an impact in a profitable, high-growth company.