Senior Backend Software Engineer, Flywheel Digital

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Country-specific savings and benefits plans

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.