Senior Backend Engineer at Launch Potato

Launch Potato is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role is pivotal in enabling the Data Science team to scale machine learning innovation across business-critical services. The Senior Backend Engineer will be responsible for deploying machine learning pipelines, ensuring scalable integrations, and resolving backend bottlenecks.Responsibilities include:

• Deploying machine learning pipelines and endpoint changes.
• Maintaining and improving backend services.
• Troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
• Standing up and maintaining infrastructure using Terraform, ECS, and Lambda.
• Participating in code reviews and promoting best practices.

The ideal candidate should possess:

• 4+ years of professional development experience using Python.
• Experience with containerized Python/Django (or FastAPI) services.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting production bugs.
• Strong grasp of SQL databases, CI/CD (especially CircleCI), and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).

Launch Potato offers:

• Competitive compensation package, including base salary and profit-sharing bonus.
• Opportunity to work in a performance-driven, high-growth company.
• A diverse and inclusive team culture.