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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

๐Ÿ’ฐ $140,000 - $160,000 ๐ŸŒ New York, New York ๐Ÿ“… 05/01/2022

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Job Description

About us Ploomber (YC W22) is the Heroku for AI. We are building a platform to
help companies deploy and scale AI applications. From LLM-powered chatbots to
geospatial analysis, our platform allows our customers (ranging from small
startups to big enterprises) to rapidly ship applications without worrying
about infrastructure. Our AWS bill is on fire, and our customers are demanding
more features, so weโ€™re growing our small team! We're a well-funded startup
(4.5M seed round in April 2022) with several years of runway. What To Expect
High-speed development cycle: we often go from idea to production on the same
day We have a low meeting culture. We keep meetings to a minimum, trust our
team, and let them do their work independently (but weโ€™re always ready to
help!) Customer-driven culture: we make decisions based on what our customers
(and prospective customers) need. Satisfying our customers and growing our
customer base is our number one priority Work with the founders on a daily
basis Responsibilities Lead the design of new features in our cloud platform
Maintain our cloud platform (performance optimization, bug fixes, database
migrations) Communicate across the team to ensure alignment Our Stack Our
backend is written in Python (FastAPI) Platform built on top of AWS (some
services we use: S3, ECS, ECR, EC2) We use GitHub and deploy via a CD pipeline
What We Look For 3+ years of proficiency with Python (preferred) or another
high-level language 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture
and design of cloud infrastructure 2+ years of experience as a mentor, tech
lead, OR leading an engineering team 1+ years of experience with DevOps
technologies such as CI/CD, Docker, Git, and AWS Must be willing to go outside
their area of expertise (e.g., write some frontend code, learn new
technologies quickly) Must have authorization to work in the United States. We
cannot sponsor work visas. Must be willing to relocate to New York City (this
is a hybrid role, we expect you to go to the office 2-3 times a week)