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LumafieldLumafieldSan Francisco, CA

Backend Software Engineer

Develops backend APIs and parallelized data processing pipelines for X-Ray/CT image analysis using Python, Django, and AWS services. Collaborates with research and product teams to deploy scalable cloud infrastructure. Requires 2+ years Python experience and bachelor's degree.

125k – 150k
On-site2+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

What you'll do

  • Use Python, Django and Django Rest Framework (DRF) to implement cloud backend APIs
  • Use Python, Django, and Celery to implement highly parallelized large dataset processing tasks ranging up to 100s of GBs of data
  • Design for and deploy your code to our AWS environment leveraging EKS, S3, CloudFront, and other AWS technologies
  • Work closely with our research and algorithms team to incorporate cutting edge algorithms into our production codebases
  • Collaborate closely with product managers and engineering leadership to align technical objectives with business deliverables
  • Get your hands dirty and build – expect to be hands-on and building regularly

About you

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field
  • 2+ years of experience with Python in a production backend setting using major web frameworks (Flask, Django, FastAPI, etc.)
  • Experience with large dataset processing using numpy
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals including git, unit testing, pull request reviews, module/interface design, and applications using parallelism and concurrency
  • Strong team collaboration, communication and interpersonal skills
  • Experience with Linux server administration, network troubleshooting, docker deployments, productionizing systems

Bonus points for

  • Experience with Agile Development practices
  • Experience with AWS including EKS, S3, CloudFront, or similar
  • Experience with image processing pipelines and/or image acquisition
  • Experience in configuring Linux systems, applying best practices, and automating workflows with Ansible and scripting

Skills

PythonDjangoDjango Rest FrameworkCeleryNumPyAWSEKSS3CloudfrontDockerKubernetesGitLinuxAnsibleFastAPI

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