Senior Backend Engineer II, Marketplace

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and build backend services supporting commerce workflows and integrations.
• Develop and maintain production-grade services using Python, Django, and Django REST Framework.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design scalable system solutions.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and evolve service-oriented systems and event-driven architectures using technologies such as SNS, SQS, or event buses.
• Write maintainable, secure, and well-tested backend code.
• Improve system reliability, performance, observability, and operational resilience.
• Build and maintain APIs used by internal services, external partners, and third-party integrations.
• Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling.
• Refactor and modernize legacy systems as the platform evolves.
• Deploy and operate services in AWS-based environments using modern cloud infrastructure patterns.
• Contribute to and improve CI/CD pipelines to support safe, automated, and efficient testing and deployments.
• Troubleshoot production issues, participate in root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes.
• Participate in code reviews and advocate for strong engineering standards, testing practices, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• 5+ years of experience working as a backend engineer in a production environment.
• Strong experience building backend services using Python and Django.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining REST APIs, preferably with Django REST Framework.
• Experience working with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, and large datasets.
• Strong understanding of backend application architecture, data modeling, and service design.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and production troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with asynchronous processing, background jobs, queues, or event-based workflows.
• Familiarity with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience deploying and operating services in AWS or similar cloud environments.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational best practices.
• Experience in regulated industries, such as financial services or cannabis, is a plus.

Perks & Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Stock option plan
• 5 Days of Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
• Competitive compensation and 401k match
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision)
• Commuter Benefits through Flexible Spending Account