Senior Backend Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist in the development, deployment, and monitoring of ChowNow’s backend applications.

• Collaborate with various teams to create new features with a focus on quality.

• Adhere to best practices and continuously enhance the development workflow.

• Reports to a Lead Software Engineer; No Direct Reports.

⛳️ Requirements

• You possess over 5 years of experience in building SaaS products, e-commerce platforms, or similar online systems, with a strong proficiency in Python.

• You utilize AI development tools to expedite your tasks, demonstrating sound judgment on their application and the necessity of human oversight.

• You have designed and versioned public or partner-facing APIs, ensuring a balance between backward compatibility and necessary evolution.

• You have experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar) and containerized deployments.

• You embrace experimentation and base decisions on data and evidence.

• You have built and maintained event-driven or asynchronous systems (e.g., message queues, background job processing) that manage high transaction volumes.

• You are enthusiastic about new technologies, capable of evaluating the maturity of the latest innovations, and adept at finding practical applications for them.

• You have identified and resolved production performance issues—such as slow queries, memory leaks, or scaling bottlenecks—and implemented measures to prevent future occurrences.

• You aim for continuous improvement and inspire others to develop quality software.

• You are comfortable with transparency and maintain open lines of communication, both within your team and with external stakeholders.

• You enjoy acting as the "glue" between product teams and infrastructure.

• You are passionate about observability, process enhancements, CI/CD, and increasing deployment frequency.

🏝️ Benefits

• Continuous training and professional growth opportunities.

• Recognized multiple times as a "Best Place to Work," emphasizing a positive employee experience.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Mental Health Coverage - we provide various programs to support your mental health and wellness objectives.

• Unlimited Paid Vacation. We encourage hard work while allowing you to enjoy your personal life.

• 7 weeks of baby bonding time for all new parents (within the first year of birth or adoption), along with 8 weeks of Paid Pregnancy Leave.

• 401(k) Matching.

• Employer-contributing student loan assistance program or continuing education reimbursement program.

• Employee Stock Incentive Plan.

• Pet insurance for your furry companions.

• Consistent and fair leadership: we prioritize sharing information, setting clear goals, showing respect, and treating everyone equitably.

• Sufficient freedom to explore opportunities while still being held accountable.