Senior Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in enabling the 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.

Role Involves:

• Deploying machine learning pipeline and endpoint changes.
• Identifying and removing backend bottlenecks.
• Maintaining and improving backend services.
• Troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
• Standing up and maintaining infrastructure using tools like Terraform, ECS, and Lambda.
• Participating in code reviews and promoting best practices.
• Suggesting engineering improvements based on knowledge of team workflows.

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 troubleshooting production bugs.
• Strong grasp of SQL databases, CI/CD (especially CircleCI), and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).
• Comfortable contributing ideas and driving technical improvements.

What Launch Potato Offers:

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