Senior Backend Engineer II (Python)
Super Dispatch20 days ago
Remote, UzbekistanSenior
Responsibilities
- Own multiple Python backend services end to end, including architecture, REST APIs, databases, deployment, and operation.
- Design, build, and debug asynchronous and concurrent systems involving task queues, background workers, and event-driven flows.
- Implement reliable failure handling through retries, ordering, idempotency, race-condition management, and conflict resolution.
- Develop and maintain third-party API integrations, including rate limiting, cost control, and ongoing support.
- Profile and optimize endpoints, database queries, and service performance as traffic and data grow.
- Use AI coding assistants such as Cursor and Claude Code while reviewing generated output for correctness, security, and latency.
- Own observability dashboards, monitoring, logging, alerting, SLA tracking, and production on-call response.
- Lead QA partnership and test strategy across unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Triage customer escalations and provide post-launch service support.
- Translate product requirements into technical specifications and communicate performance, cost, and latency trade-offs.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, Frontend, QA, and Support on API contracts, payloads, usability, and documentation.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, lead technical standards, and drive architectural and infrastructure improvements.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional backend experience, including experience at a senior or staff level; 10+ years preferred.
- Proficiency in Python with strong experience in Django and/or FastAPI.
- Hands-on experience with asynchronous and concurrent Python, including asyncio and Celery or similar task queues.
- Experience with offline-first or unreliable-network synchronization, optimistic updates, queue-and-replay workflows, and conflict resolution.
- Hands-on SQL database experience, including PostgreSQL schema design and query optimization.
- Experience with at least one message broker or streaming platform such as Kafka or RabbitMQ, including ordering, idempotency, and retry semantics.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, system design, microservices, REST APIs, WebSockets, and networking.
- Experience writing automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests using tools such as pytest, tox, and Playwright.
- Experience with Agile and/or Scrum environments, CI/CD pipelines, and trunk-based development.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP and with monitoring, logging, alerting, SLAs, and on-call readiness.
- Experience leading projects, mentoring engineers, setting technical standards, and presenting technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Advanced English communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Preferred experience with Kubernetes, NoSQL databases, cloud-native patterns, Java, Spring, LLM APIs, RAG systems, AI integrations, and infrastructure or external API cost optimization.
Benefits
- Remote-first, 100% distributed work environment.
- Monthly $50 gym and wellness stipend.
- Flexible paid time off and six weeks of paid paternity leave.
- Company-provided technology equipment and home-office support as needed.
- Candidates in Eastern European or Central Asian regions are especially encouraged to apply.
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About Super Dispatch
Super Dispatch builds a SaaS platform for auto transport logistics, offering Carrier and Shipper TMS, a load board, ePOD/eBOL, APIs, and SuperPay for payments used by carriers, shippers, and brokers. The company monetizes via software subscriptions and transaction-based services. Founded in 2013 and privately held, Super Dispatch is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.