As a member of Baton’s Platform team, contribute to the design and development of backend systems and APIs, utilizing Python and best practices in software engineering to ensure high performance, scalability, and security across Baton's products
Requirements
- Proficiency in Python for web backend development
- Capability to contribute to frontend development, ideally with React, in addition to backend expertise.
- Eager and able to dive in and explore and learn in areas where they may have less expertise (e.g. cloud infrastructure)
- Strong foundation in first principles to drive problem-solving and innovation.
- Ability to think of solutions from end-to-end, including backend/frontend/infrastructure.
- Deep knowledge in data modeling, database schema design, and SQL.
- Experience in both backend and frontend development, providing a holistic approach to web application architecture
Responsibilities
- As a member of Baton’s Platform team, contribute to the design and development of backend systems and APIs, utilizing Python and best practices in software engineering to ensure high performance, scalability, and security across Baton's products
- Provide technical leadership by mentoring junior engineers, guiding architectural decisions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Model coding excellence, writing clean, maintainable, and efficient Python code, conducting code reviews, and enforcing coding standards to elevate overall code quality
- Help define the backend architecture, make informed technology choices, and identify solutions that meet current and future requirements while optimizing for scalability.
- Take ownership of complex technical challenges, troubleshoot issues, and proactively identify areas for improvement in the backend infrastructure, ensuring a reliable and efficient web application.
- Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies, conducting research and proposing innovative solutions to enhance the web application's capabilities and user experience.
Other
- 3+ years of experience as a software engineer, ideally in enterprise or consumer-facing environments
- Proficient in translating complex technical requirements into effective, clear solutions.
- Demonstrated ability in leading large-scale projects and building scalable backend systems.
- Experience in managing complex backend services & infrastructure in high-growth environments.
- Experience working on a Platform team or on team that was building tools for other developers and engineers
