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Jellyfish

Senior Backend Engineer - APIs, Data, and Scale

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about 1 month ago
Remote, United StatesSenior / Staff+

Base Salary

$165k - $235k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, plan, and implement key features for the development team.
  • Rapidly deliver value by pushing features to the AWS-hosted SaaS environment daily.
  • Provide technical and product expertise within the team and organization.
  • Communicate effectively about project status and technical issues.
  • Participate in the agile process and work to improve team capabilities.
  • Support production operations of the Jellyfish product.
  • Foster a culture of growth and inclusion within the team.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in building SaaS products with a focus on Back End development.
  • Strong skills in Python and experience with Django for production software systems.
  • Expertise in data modeling in relational databases and familiarity with other database technologies.
  • Experience with scaling, performance, and benchmarking of APIs and data processing systems.
  • Fluency with tools like Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code for fast development.
  • Interest in or experience with growth-stage startups.
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative work ethic.

Tech Stack

AWSDjangoPython