Anaconda is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their rapidly-growing company to advance AI with open source at scale, giving builders and organizations the confidence to increase productivity, and save time, spend and risk associated with open source.
Requirements
- 5+ years building backend systems with proven experience leading platform services, API architecture, or shared infrastructure that supports multiple product teams
- Strong experience building production backend services in Python
- Proven track record designing, implementing and maintaining RESTful APIs at scale
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Track record of building and maintaining reusable, robust solutions that multiple teams can leverage
- Experience with monitoring, observability, and maintaining high-availability services
- Container orchestration experience (Kubernetes, ECS)
Responsibilities
- Design and implement shared backend services that unify our product ecosystem, including licensing, feature management, and user experience services
- Establish API design standards, documentation practices, and architectural patterns that other teams will follow
- Take ownership of backend work that's currently blocking frontend team progress, ensuring smooth product development
- Work with Security & Governance, Central Services, and Authentication teams to integrate and optimize backend services
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, release management, and infrastructure improvements using Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, and modern observability tools
- Design and implement microservices as the platform scales and evolves
- Analyze and improve system performance, focusing on user-facing impact and platform stability
Other
- You embody our values of Clarity, Care and Candor
- You care deeply about fostering an environment where people of all backgrounds and experiences can flourish
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders
- Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment
- Experience working in an open-source, AI, or data science-oriented company
