Senior Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their team. This role is a remote position based in Mexico City, Mexico. 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.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy machine learning pipeline and endpoint changes in partnership with the Data Science team.
• Maintain and improve backend services, focusing on reliability and performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across Launch Potato services.
• Stand up and maintain infrastructure using tools like Terraform, ECS, and Lambda.
• Participate in code reviews and promote best practices.
• Approach projects with a product-oriented mindset.

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 offers:

• Base salary and profit-sharing bonus.
• Competitive benefits.
• Opportunity to make an impact in a profitable, high-growth company.