[IT] PYTHON BACKEND DEV | JUNIOR / MID
Summary
Junior/mid Python backend developer helping build and scale Ad Suite, an ad tech platform serving global media publishers. Day-to-day work involves designing and maintaining AWS microservices (Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, Redshift, PySpark) and collaborating across backend engineering teams.
The company is dedicated to providing modern andinnovative advertising solutions to world’s largest media companies. They are afast-growing, early-stage ad tech company providing solutions to leading globalmedia publishers. It is a fast-paced, energetic group of technologyinnovators with a shared vision for the next generation of advertising products.
WHO YOU ARE
You will be tasked with helping leaddevelopment efforts for Ad Suite, the company's flagship product:participating in guiding technical long-term strategy, architecting, andmaintaining their internal platform libraries, as well as partnering with thelarger dev team to implement solutions across Ad Suite and their clients.
The ideal candidate is an analytical team player with a mix of execution anddelivery capabilities who will be responsible for working independently andwith a team of high performing individuals.
REQUIREMENTS
- 2+ years of experience developing scalable and high-performing back-end cloud applications.
- Strong communication skills. You ask questions and let others know when you need help.
- You have strong experience developing in the AWS Cloud infrastructure.
- You have experience with at least one, ideally many of the following: AWS Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, API Gateway, PySpark, Hadoop/Spark/Storm, Redshift
- You are familiar with the Microservices architecture.
- You are a problem solver. You believe the best work is the result of finding the simplest solution to complex challenges.
- You are proud of your work. You put your name on every line of code. You own it!
- You have a good command of English, both written and oral.
JOB SPECIFICATION
- Participate in the development lifecycle to design and build advanced applications using Python.
- Improve existing features to maximize performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Write clean, testable, efficient, and self-documented code.
- Actively participate in the analysis and discussion of business requirements with the team.
- Coach technically and collaborate with the backend teams and with other engineering areas.
- Be an active member of an interdisciplinary team of developers and researchers.
WHAT THEY OFFER
- A friendly, remote-first working environment
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working hours
- Flexible time off and paid vacation
- Work equipment of your choice