RemoteLeaf Logo
Log in Sign up

Software Engineer

2 weeks, 6 days ago
United States
Full-time
Senior
Software Engineer
Software Development
AWS CI/CD DynamoDB EC2 Elasticsearch GitHub Actions Python Redis Tornado
Apply Now
Seesaw

Seesaw

Seesaw is an award-winning elementary learning experience platform that offers interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features. It connects teachers, students, administrators, and families to support each child's learning jo...

Diversified Consumer Services
251-1K
Founded 2015
$26M raised
View All Jobs 6

Description

  • Modify, diagnose, and maintain the Python HTTP backend built on Tornado and backed by DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, and Redis.
  • Contribute to the infrastructure-as-code repository used to provision AWS resources.
  • Reason about distributed systems to support strong technical decision-making.
  • Own technical work from initial conception through implementation, production monitoring, and alerting.
  • Share best practices for code authoring, tooling, and observability with other engineering teams.
  • Help ensure the security and reliability of the platform by identifying vulnerabilities and performance bottlenecks.
  • Optimize cloud infrastructure for cost-effectiveness and efficient resource management.
  • Help shape the technical roadmap and engineering culture through design proposals and industry engagement.
  • Partner with senior engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to drive strategic infrastructure initiatives.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend development experience.
  • Strong systems-level thinking and deep understanding of distributed systems concepts such as eventual consistency, fan-in/fan-out patterns, and backpressure.
  • Familiarity with AWS core services such as EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, and ECS/EKS, or similar cloud experience.
  • Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions.
  • Ability to execute independently as a self-starter, knowing when to seek information and when to move forward with confidence.
  • Proven experience owning and operating infrastructure that supports software at very high scale, including billions of incoming requests per month.
  • Experience with Python backend systems and HTTP APIs.
  • Experience with infrastructure provisioning and production operations (preferred).

Benefits

  • Annual base salary of $172,500 to $200,000.
  • Equity as part of the total compensation package.
  • Medical, dental, orthodontics, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) match.
  • Flexible paid time off and a flexible vacation policy.
  • Monthly technology stipend and home office setup stipend.
  • Professional development stipend.
  • Paid parental leave, charitable donation matching, and volunteer days.

Interested in this position?

Apply directly on the company website

Apply Now

Similar Roles

Speechify

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Charleston, SC, USA

Speechify 51-250 Internet Software & Services

Speechify is hiring a Software Engineer for its AI team’s data function to build and operate large-scale audio data collection and ingestion systems that support model training and next-generation products.

United States Full-time Senior Software Engineer
$140k-$200k
Bash Docker GCP Linux Python Terraform
27 minutes ago
Speechify

Software Engineer, iOS Core Product - Incheon, South Korea

Speechify 51-250 Internet Software & Services

Speechify is hiring a Senior iOS Engineer to help scale and evolve its high-traffic iOS reading app for a rapidly growing global user base.

South Korea Full-time Senior Software Engineer
CI/CD Git Swift SwiftUI
50 minutes ago
Enroute

Automation Anywhere Developer

Enroute 51-250 Internet Software & Services

Enroute is hiring an Automation Anywhere Developer to work on automation solutions and API integrations within a technology-focused, collaborative environment.

Mexico Full-time Mid Level Software Engineer
LLM Machine Learning SQL
1 hour, 13 minutes ago
Tucows

Intermediate Software Engineer - Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Tucows 251-1K Diversified Telecommunication Services

Tucows Domains is hiring a remote Intermediate Software Engineer specializing in Artificial Intelligence to help build AI-powered systems for domain services and related tools.

Canada Full-time Mid Level AI Engineer Software Engineer
$74k-$83k
Go Hugging Face LLM Machine Learning Python REST API TensorFlow
1 hour, 23 minutes ago

You're on a roll! Sign up now to keep applying.

Sign Up

Already have an account? Log in

Used by 14,729+ remote workers