Senior Backend Engineer
Selby Jennings has partnered with an AI-driven finance platform in Boston that's looking to scale up its tech team!
Qualifications:
- 5+ YOE engineering in Python
- Expertise with the Django framework, SQL, REST API design
- Leadership and mentoring experience
- Experience with K8s and Docker
- Depth in AWS Infra: ECS, Lambda, RDS
Nice to have:
- Hands-on experience with lending/payment processing systems
- Experience with microservice-based architecture
- Familiarity with data science and engineering tools such as Pandas, scikit-learn, Retool, Airflow, Hubspot, and Confluent
Responsibilities:
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, improve reliability, and ensure the security of the lending and payment processing infrastructure
- Develop and maintain robust and efficient RESTful APIs to support our growing product offerings
- Improve the efficiency and maintainability of our deal calculation library, ensuring accurate and timely calculations
- Optimize database queries, schema design, and indexing to enhance overall system performance
- Collaborate with the team to define and implement scalable and maintainable architectural solutions
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