Software Engineer, Backend (Python)
Plane Software, Inc.4 months ago
India (city not specified)Mid Level
Responsibilities
- Own backend features end to end from API contract and data model through migration, rollout, and production operation.
- Extend real-time synchronization systems involving event streams, change data capture, and caching.
- Improve query performance using query plans, indexes, and connection pooling as workspaces scale.
- Write and troubleshoot asynchronous Python under concurrent production load.
- Instrument services, monitor dashboards, and respond to production degradations and incidents.
- Collaborate with product and frontend engineers across San Francisco and Hyderabad and debug issues in inaccessible customer environments.
Requirements
- Production experience shipping Python and experience with Django or a comparable framework, including models, migrations, and request handling.
- Strong SQL skills beyond ORM usage, including reading queries and adding effective indexes.
- Experience writing asynchronous Python with asyncio for real production traffic.
- Experience debugging a production incident and explaining the resulting changes.
- Clear written communication and willingness to participate in public issue discussions.
Benefits
- Opportunities to work on software used by organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies.
- Work across cloud, customer-cloud, self-hosted, and air-gapped environments, including open-source development and public issue discussions.
- Collaborative work with teams in San Francisco and Hyderabad.
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About Plane Software, Inc.
Plane Software builds an open-source work management platform that brings projects, knowledge, and service requests into one system for engineering and operations teams. Organizations can run it as a managed cloud service or deploy it on their own infrastructure, including isolated and sovereign clouds—an option valued in regulated industries. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Los Angeles, the company develops in public on GitHub and serves teams worldwide.