QC Ware is seeking a Backend Engineer with DevOps experience to support Promethium, their molecular discovery platform, by designing and building backend services and APIs, and ensuring their reliability, observability, and security in production.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Python and backend service development
- Experience deploying and operating backend services on AWS
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
- Experience using Terraform or similar IaC tools
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.)
- Solid understanding of containerization (Docker) and service-oriented architectures
- Experience designing distributed systems or platform services
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that power the Promethium platform
- Implement scalable, maintainable service architectures with a focus on performance, reliability, and security
- Collaborate with product, ML, and frontend engineers to define and deliver backend functionality
- Write high-quality, testable code (primarily in Python) and participate in code reviews
- Improve backend observability through logging, metrics, and tracing
- Own the deployment and production lifecycle of backend services you build
- Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS to support backend workloads
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 3+ years of backend software engineering experience, with production systems
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work across engineering disciplines
- Participate in a shared on-call rotation focused on service ownership, not just infrastructure
- Discretionary unlimited PTO (we trust you to take the time you need)
