# Backend Engineer

**Company:** [Yeet](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/yeet)
**Location:** Chicago, IL
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Skills:** Python, Streaming Data Pipelines, Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, Postgres, Duckdb, Asyncio, Celery, WebSockets, gRPC, Terraform
**Posted:** 2025-09-28

> Builds and scales Python-based backend systems for real-time observability platform, focusing on streaming data pipelines, high-throughput ingestion, and distributed reliability. Requires strong Python backend experience and distributed systems design skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and scale backend systems for real-time observability platform.
- Work on streaming systems, high-throughput data ingestion, and async task pipelines.
- Design for throughput, reliability, and fault tolerance in distributed systems.
- Simulate high-load conditions and deliver testable, measurable, production-ready code.

## Requirements
- Solid experience building backend services in Python, from design to production.
- Comfortable with streaming data pipelines, pub/sub, and real-time messaging systems.
- Ability to design for throughput, reliability, and fault tolerance.
- Pragmatic approach: know when to optimize and when to ship.

## Nice To Haves
- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, Postgres, or DuckDB in production.
- Familiarity with async frameworks like asyncio, Celery for task queues and background jobs.
- Hands-on work with real-time protocols (WebSockets, gRPC streaming, event-driven architectures).
- Prior exposure to observability or monitoring platforms in high-scale environments.
- Track record of building or scaling high-throughput ingestion pipelines.
- Experience with Terraform and contributing to infrastructure design.

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