Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Python, Django, GCP)

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend at Vividly, you will play a pivotal role in our engineering team, collaborating with design, product, and other departments to deliver cutting-edge features and products for our customers. You will be involved in a variety of projects, from building machine learning models to enhancing user-facing analytics and interfaces. Your focus will be on scaling performance for future customers while maintaining an excellent experience for current users. You will be passionate about API development, monitoring, observability, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.
• Design and implement scalable data pipelines and backend services to manage large volumes of data efficiently.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver robust technical solutions.
• Develop and maintain service APIs, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and comprehensive documentation.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and maintain best practices.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies, evaluating their potential impact and recommending their adoption where appropriate.
• Identify and address technical challenges or risks, proactively proposing solutions to ensure successful and timely project delivery.
• Participate in recruitment and onboarding, helping to build a skilled and cohesive engineering team.

What We Look For

• 5+ years of experience working as a software engineer in architecting, building, and scaling products.
• Experience with our tech stack (GCP/Python/Django/React/Redux/SQL/Docker) or a similar stack.
• Experience with GraphQL/Apollo.
• Experience with Rust is a plus.
• Exceptionally strong analytical, communication, and mentorship skills demonstrated through experience; detail-oriented, self-motivated, and willing to take the initiative to get things done.
• Love of math and problem solving.
• Willing to work with a diverse set of people with different backgrounds and experiences.

Additional Information

• Workplace Type: 100% Remote position - Open to anywhere in the USA/Canada.
• Salary and Equity: We base our salary bands off of current market data to ensure you’re getting compensated fairly.
• Flexible PTO: We encourage taking time off to help prevent burnout.
• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision: We cover 100% of your monthly premiums and 50% of all dependents.
• 401K through Betterment: We contribute 3%.
• Weekly $20 Sharebite Stipend: For every meal you purchase using your Sharebite stipend, they donate a meal.
• Monthly $50 Wellness Reimbursement: Covers physical wellness, mental wellness, learning & development.
• Monthly $200 Remote Work Stipend: Use it for your phone bill and internet.
• Vividly Days Off: For every holiday, you get an additional day off! Whenever a holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, we turn it into a 4-day weekend! That means Vividly employees have 20 days of holiday right off the bat.

Join us at Vividly and be part of a team that is transforming the trade promotion management industry with innovative solutions and a commitment to excellence.