# Backend Software Engineer

**Company:** [Lumafield](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lumafield)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $125k – $150k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Python, Django, Django Rest Framework, Celery, NumPy, AWS, EKS, S3, Cloudfront, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Linux, Ansible, FastAPI
**Posted:** 2026-05-05

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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