Lead Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato 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 ideal candidate will have experience with containerized Python/Django (or FastAPI) services, and a proven track record collaborating with Data Science teams.

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 using tools like Terraform, ECS, and Lambda.
• Contribute to continuous deployment pipelines and improve CI/CD workflows using tools like CircleCI.
• Participate in and lead thoughtful code reviews.
• Deliver maintainable and testable code.
• Proactively suggest engineering improvements or inefficiencies.

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).
• Comfortable contributing ideas, giving peer feedback via pull requests, and driving technical improvements autonomously.

Company offers:

• Base salary
• Profit-sharing bonus
• Competitive benefits