Senior Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enable the Data Science team to scale machine learning innovation. This role involves supporting and deploying ML infrastructure across business-critical services. The Senior Backend Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and improving backend services, troubleshooting production issues, and contributing to continuous deployment pipelines and improving CI/CD workflows. The ideal candidate is collaborative, detail-oriented, and has a growth mindset. They will approach projects with a product-oriented mindset, suggesting improvements based on their knowledge of team workflows and LP’s product ecosystem.Responsibilities:

• Deploy machine learning pipeline and endpoint changes
• Maintain and improve backend services
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues
• Stand up and maintain infrastructure using tools like Terraform, ECS, and Lambda
• Participate in and lead thoughtful code reviews

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional development experience using Python
• Experience with containerized Python/Django (or FastAPI) services
• Proven track record collaborating with Data Science teams
• Strong grasp of SQL databases, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code

The role offers:

• Profit-sharing bonus
• Competitive benefits