**The Role**
We are looking for a well-rounded and entrepreneurial Backend Software
Engineer to serve as an extension of the founding team! You will make
foundational technology decisions, dive deep on every aspect of the tech
stack, and contribute to critical decisions around company direction.
In this role, you will be responsible for development of the Amplify platform
including the web app, APIs, and embeddable data portal. This role requires
you to be versatile and able to build a working knowledge of many
technologies, frameworks, and libraries in order to contribute to quick and
sound decisions about the best approach to any problem.
**Initial Responsibilities**
As an early employee of a well-funded and rapidly-growing startup, you will
have significant opportunities for growth and ownership, but early
responsibilities include:
* Drive forward core feature roadmap in response to customer feedback
* Create embedded JavaScript widget to embed Amplify in other web apps
* Build out and enhance our customer-facing REST API
* Improve user experience by suggesting and implementing best practices
Current tech stack: Python (Django w/ Celery), PostgreSQL, Heroku, Snowflake,
S3, React, Typescript, Redux, Axios
**Ideal Profile**
* At least 5 years within high-performing software engineering teams (startup experience a plus)
* Experience with Python and SQL
* Experience with React, JavaScript/Typescript, HTML, CSS
* Experience with creating and scaling web applications using a framework (ideally Django with Celery)
* Experience with customer-facing API creation and maintenance, especially transferring large amounts of data
* Passionate about building products from the ground-up
* Opinionated on the best way to do things and able to explain tradeoffs between design choices
Amplify Data focuses on Big Data, Cloud Data Services, Big Data Analytics, and
Data. Their company has offices in New York City and Washington DC. They have
a small team that's between 1-10 employees. To date, Amplify Data has raised
$3.5M of funding; their latest round was closed on February 2023.
You can view their website at <https://www.amplifydata.io/> or find them on
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/amplify-data-io/).
