Senior Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will enable Launch Potato’s Data Science team to scale machine learning innovation by supporting and deploying ML infrastructure across business-critical services. This role involves maintaining and improving backend services, troubleshooting production issues, and contributing to continuous deployment pipelines.

• Deploying machine learning pipeline and endpoint changes.
• Identifying and removing backend bottlenecks.
• Maintaining and improving backend services.
• Troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
• Contributing to continuous deployment pipelines.

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 SQL databases, CI/CD (especially CircleCI), and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).
• Strong grasp of debugging principles and Python design patterns.

Launch Potato offers:

• Profit-sharing bonus
• Competitive benefits.