Senior Python Developer - remote

Build delightful software for podcasts and spoken word audio. Backtracks is seeking a qualified Senior Python Developer with some PEP to join our Product &Engineering Team.

Opportunity

Backtracks helps audio content creators and brands know and grow their audience and revenue. You will be responsible for building the Python-side of our web applications, platform, and APIs to deliver delightful experiences to our users and fellow developers.

Your day-to-day...

• Design an implement services and solutions in Python
• Code and deploy new features in collaboration with our product and engineering teams
• Be part of a small team, with a large amount of ownership and responsibility for managing things directly
• Ship high-quality solutions with a sense of urgency and speed
• Work closely with both internal and external stakeholders, owning a large part of the process from problem understanding to shipping the solution.
• Have the freedom to suggest and drive initiatives

We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional, who is curious about new digital technologies and aspires to simple and elegantly Pythonic code.

You have...

• History of autonomous design decision making at technically focused companies
• History of designing and building web components, products, and technology
• Experience working on design and development in any of the following roles:
  • Python Developer
  • Python Engineer
  • Full Stack Developer
  • Full Stack Engineer
  • Product Developer
  • Product Engineer
  • Software Architect
  • BDFL
• In-depth understanding of the entire development process (design, development and deployment)
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Python 3.6+
  • Flask
  • Jinja2, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • SQLAlchemy (interfacing with PostgreSQL)
  • Distributed systems design and implementation
  • Messaging systems and technologies (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.)
  • Search (e.g. Elasticsearch)
  • Docker, Kubernetes
• Confidence or experience working with some or all of the following:
  • Sanic, FastAPI, Apache Mod WSGI
  • VueJS
  • PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras
  • Spark, Flink
  • Celery
  • AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
  • CI/CD deployment processes
• Motivation and an enjoyment for a startup environment
• Systems thinker (consider how components can scale across our platform and product offerings)
• The ability to code and build out designs independently
• A blend of product, system, and people knowledge that lets you jump into a fast paced environment and contribute from day one
• An ability to balance a sense of urgency with shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions
• Strong work sense of ownership
• Strong collaboration and communication skills (fluency in English)
• PMA (Positive Mental Attitude)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant field and/or relevant work experience
• 5+ years professional experience

Other qualities and traits...

• Passion for podcasts, radio, and spoken word audio
• Passion for delivering high-quality software with quick turnaround times (e.g. you ship)
• A product-first approach to building software
• An enthusiasm for hard problems
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment

Bonus points if you have experience with...

• Analytics and/or advertising technology experience
• TimescaleDB
• AWS Batch
• Druid
• Drone, Jenkin, Github Actions, or CircleCI for CI/CD
• Audio analysis and processing