Senior Backend Software Engineer, Flywheel Digital
$100-150k
3 days a week in office
Simplified digital commerce solutions
Be an early applicant
Simplified digital commerce solutions
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$100-150k
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To redefine a future where all businesses can seamlessly navigate the rapid change of digital commerce and drive growth.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ Years of software engineering experience in web-based technologies at a product company
- You have strong experience with Python frameworks such as FastAPI/Flask, relational databases such as Postgres/MySQL, and the cloud either GCP or AWS
- You are an expert at using Docker both for containerization during development, as well as for production
- You are not afraid to go deep on the rest of the stack. You are comfortable with navigating a large codebase across dozens of repositories
- You’ve worked closely in teams of ~5 engineers before, solving hard problems collaboratively, and working tightly with your immediate peers as well as across teams
- Strong experience in data structures, API development, and queue-based systems
- You are comfortable navigating vague problems and creating clarity from uncertainty and communicating it clearly to your peers
- You are comfortable providing clear code reviews and mentorship to junior engineers
- You thrive in an agile environment
- We believe in taking ownership from start to end. You pride yourself on your ability to take complex problems and iterate on them until you find a simple solution
What the job involves
- In this role, you will support a core platform that provides AI tools to advertising creatives across the company
- The platform allows agency users to quickly and seamlessly create AI content that is used by their clients
- As a Senior Software Engineer - Backend you will be contributing to web applications written in Python and ReactJS / Typescript to bring a great experience to our users
- You will build end-to-end features in core platform that provides tools to internal users
- You will contribute to system design and architecture across our back-end microservices primarily deployed on AWS, from APIs to asynchronous long-running AI processes
- You will work closely with a team of 4-5 engineers, a product manager, and a designer to deliver a smooth experience to our customers
- You will collaborate effectively with the wider project team, coordinating requirements and deliverables to ensure seamless development of cross-team features
- You will support the wider engineering organization by identifying areas of improvement, proposing RFCs, seeking feedback early and often, iterating over your ideas, and co-creating something better than you could have done by yourself
Application process
- Every role starts the same, an introductory call with someone from our Talent Acquisition team
- We will be looking for company and values-fit as well as your professional experience; there may be some technical role-specific questions during this call
- Every role is different after the initial call, but you can expect to meet several people from the team 1:1 and there might be further skill assessments in the form of a Take Home Assignment/Case Study Presentation or Pair Programming/Live Coding exercise depending on the role
- In your initial call, we will walk you through exactly what to expect the process to be
Our take
Flywheel is a digital commerce solution company that provides tools for retail commerce ops, media execution and market intelligence. Its real-time insights and decision making is aimed at boosting eCommerce sales, helping companies grow faster, smarter and more efficiently.
Founded in 2014, Flywheel amalgamated a number of digital commerce tools into a proprietary cloud platform that manages tens of billions in product sales and billions in advertising spend every year. It serves over 4500 brands internationally, a sure sign that it has solidified a presence in the space.
In 2023, New York-based Omnicom Group acquired Flywheel for $835 million. The company will continue to operate under its own name, but now as a "Practice Area" within Omnicom. Flywheel’s products will be connected to Omnicom’s audience and behavioural data, elevating both companies' analytics and insights power.
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Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical coverage
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Country-specific savings and benefits plans
Company HQ
Locust Point, Baltimore, MD
Leadership
Patrick G Miller
(Co-Founder)Previously Co-President at Ascential, Vice President at Compass Marketing, Director of Community at Chesapeake Bay Foundation and an Operations Director at Petrie Ross Ventures.
Chip DiPaula
(Co-Founder)Previously Executive Vice President at Compass Marketing, COO at Petrie Ross Ventures and Chief of Staff for Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr of Maryland.
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