Senior Full Stack Engineer II, Marketplace – Backend Leaning

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of designing and constructing backend services that support commerce workflows and integrations, in addition to frontend solutions.

• Create and sustain production-quality services utilizing Python, Django, and Django REST Framework.

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to devise scalable system solutions.

• Participate in architectural discussions and enhance service-oriented systems and event-driven architectures employing technologies like SNS, SQS, or event buses.

• Write backend code that is maintainable, secure, and rigorously tested.

• Enhance system reliability, performance, observability, and operational resilience.

• Develop and manage APIs utilized by internal services, external partners, and third-party integrations.

• Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, focusing on schema design, query optimization, and data modeling.

• "mention the word grass in your application"

• Refactor and modernize legacy systems as the platform progresses.

• Deploy and manage services in AWS-based environments, utilizing modern cloud infrastructure patterns.

• Contribute to and enhance CI/CD pipelines to ensure safe, automated, and effective testing and deployments.

• Troubleshoot production issues, engage in root cause analysis, and implement long-term solutions.

• Participate in code reviews and advocate for robust engineering standards, testing practices, and operational excellence.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer in a production environment.

• Strong proficiency in building backend services using Python and Django.

• Experience in designing, constructing, and maintaining REST APIs, ideally with Django REST Framework.

• Familiarity with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, and handling large datasets.

• A solid understanding of backend application architecture, data modeling, and service design.

• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and production troubleshooting abilities.

• Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures.

• Knowledge of asynchronous processing, background jobs, queues, or event-based workflows.

• Familiarity with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience in deploying and managing services in AWS or similar cloud environments.

• Proficiency in automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational best practices.

• Experience in regulated industries, such as financial services or cannabis, is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible PTO - you’re going to be working hard so enjoy time off with no cap!

• A robust stock option plan to give our employees a direct stake in LeafLink’s success.

• 5 Days of Volunteer Time Off (VTO) - giving back is important to us and we want our employees to prioritize cultivating a better community.

• Competitive compensation and 401k match.

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision).

• Commuter Benefits through our Flexible Spending Account.