Senior Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their international team. The company is a digital media company that connects advertisers to customers.

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

Responsibilities:

• Deploy machine learning pipeline and endpoint changes.
• Maintain and improve backend services.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
• Stand up and maintain infrastructure using tools like Terraform, ECS, and Lambda.
• Participate in code reviews and deliver maintainable code.
• Suggest 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.
• 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 and giving peer feedback.

The role offers:

• Base salary
• Profit-sharing bonus
• Competitive benefits