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Jellyfish · 2 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer - APIs, Data, and Scale

USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$165K/yr - $235K/yr

10+ years exp

Jellyfish is focused on solving complex engineering operations challenges, and they are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help build scalable systems that accurately represent engineering team structures. The role involves designing solutions that navigate complicated data models and improve the clarity of engineering workflows for customers.

Marketing & Advertising

No H1B

Responsibilities

Design, plan and implement key features as part of a highly effective development team

Rapidly deliver value for our customers by pushing features to our AWS-hosted SaaS environment daily, with automated CI/CD pipelines

Provide technical and product expertise within your team and across the organization

Communicate effectively about project status and technical issues

Participate in your team’s agile process and work to continually improve your team’s capabilities

Provide support for production operations of the Jellyfish product

Actively participate in a culture supportive of growth and inclusion on your team

Qualification

PythonDjangoData modelingSaaS productsAPI scalingRelational databasesCollaboration toolsAgile processCuriosityCommunicationTeam player

Required

10+ years of experience building SaaS products with a focus on Back End development

Strong skills in Python, and passion for building production software systems using Django

Expert-level abilities in data modeling in relational database systems and experience with and interest in other database technologies such as columnar systems

Experience with scaling, performance, and benchmarking of APIs and data processing systems

Fluency with tools such as Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro and a track record of using them to build and ship fast

Strong communication skills

A performance-driven attitude, and a team-player approach

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