Senior Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato, a digital media company, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer. The role involves enabling the Data Science team to scale machine learning innovation by supporting and deploying ML infrastructure across business-critical services. The Senior Backend Engineer will be based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and work remotely.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy machine learning pipeline and endpoint changes.
• Maintain and improve backend services.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
• Stand up and maintain infrastructure using Terraform, ECS, and Lambda.
• Participate in and lead code reviews.
• Deliver maintainable and testable code.
• Suggest engineering improvements based on knowledge of team workflows and Launch Potato’s product ecosystem.

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 in systems with limited QA support.
• 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.

The role with Launch Potato offers:

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