Sr. Backend Software Engineer (Python)

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Terakeet is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer who is excited to build scalable, high-impact systems that solve complex, real-world challenges. We’re seeking someone who combines strong backend development and database expertise with a passion for clean, reliable, and maintainable code. The ideal candidate is collaborative, solutions-driven, and energized by working with large data sets, modern technologies, and a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:

• Designing, building, and maintaining backend services and APIs using Python and related frameworks.
• Ensuring database architecture, data flow, and system performance scale effectively with growing demand.
• Applying strong database fundamentals to real-world systems, including indexing strategies, partitioning approaches, and concurrency considerations for large and complex datasets.
• Advocating for best practices in code quality, system design, and documentation, including participation in code reviews and architectural discussions.
• Collaborating with the team to standardize processes and improve long-term maintainability of backend systems.
• Evaluating and responsibly leveraging AI-assisted development tools while adhering to sound engineering principles (e.g., SOLID, single-responsibility design).
• Contributing to a culture of testing, reliability, and continuous improvement.

The above description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice. 

Must-Have Qualifications

• 8–10 years of professional software development experience.
• Expert-level proficiency in one or more enterprise-level backend languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, or C#, with a strong preference for Python and Django.
• Deep, practical knowledge of relational databases (RDBMS), independent of a specific engine.
• Ability to reason about and design systems that handle millions of rows and complex data relationships.
• A strong architectural mindset with demonstrated experience building maintainable, well-documented systems.

Should-Have Qualifications

• Experience building and optimizing REST and/or GraphQL APIs in high-concurrency, data-intensive environments.
• Familiarity with containerized and cloud-native infrastructure, including Docker and managed database services such as AWS RDS, Snowflake, or equivalent platforms.
• A consistent practice of writing, maintaining, and documenting automated tests, including unit and integration testing (e.g., Pytest, Vitest, Cypress).

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Direct experience scaling and optimizing PostgreSQL for large, data-heavy applications.
• Familiarity with browser automation tools such as Playwright or Selenium, particularly in support of internal tooling, scraping architectures, or test automation.

The salary range for this role is $127,000 to $192,000. *This salary range is based off of the market pay for all of the United States; Terakeet applies a multiplier to this range based upon the specific geographic location of a job candidate*

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