Backend Software Engineer - Python/Postgres

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Contribute to major feature planning and development
• - Implement new features on core platforms, Jebena and Sini
• - Participate in long-term planning and product roadmaps
• - Collaborate with product managers on writing specs
• - Develop features from specs
• - Collaborate with non-Engineering teams to understand feature needs
• - Work with Python and PostgreSQL to add features to internal platforms
• - Maintenance and enhancements of existing code
• - Triage and resolve incoming issues
• - Manage AWS services and CI/CD setup

Required Skills

• - Strong ability to present and explain complex ideas clearly to non-technical colleagues
• - Demonstrated ability to apply design patterns for creating modular and efficient software
• - Extensive experience with Python, including developing applications and complex data processing tasks
• - Familiarity with Django or Flask
• - Advanced experience with PostgreSQL, including query optimization, joins, stored procedures, and performance tuning
• - Practical experience with Linux, Bash scripting, Docker containers, and AWS services (EC2, RDS, CloudFront)
• - A minimum of five years of full-time professional experience as a backend software engineer
• - Bachelor''s degree in computer science or equivalent training in the principles of software engineering

Benefits

• - 401k with matching contributions
• - Medical/Dental/Vision
• - Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• - 4 weeks vacation in addition to 13 standard holidays
• - Personal/sick time
• - Annual all-company retreat and annual group retreat
• - Annual education budget for conferences, books, and other professional development opportunities
• - Field visits to Country Ops teams in coffee-growing countries such as Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, and Indonesia