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Senior Backend Engineer

Hedra

San Francisco, CAFull-time$175–275K/yrPosted 1y agoStill listed 3w ago

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Compensation
$175–275K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Hedra is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer. As a Senior Backend Engineer, they will design, build, and deploy backend services that power creative brainstorming and creation products, work with web and video standards to support image and video editing tools, and develop secure, stable, scalable Python code integrated with AWS infrastructure and various data stores.

Key focus areas include Design, build, and deploy backend services for creative brainstorming and creation products., Develop secure, stable, and scalable Python code for AWS infrastructure., and Integrate PostgreSQL, Redis, S3, and DynamoDB to implement event streaming and processing logic..

Successful candidates bring 5 Years Professional Backend Services Experience. Important skills include Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and Relational Databases. Preferred (not required): AWS, CI/CD, Test Validation Approaches, and Monitoring.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

PythonFastAPIPydanticKubernetesAmazon EKSRelational DatabasesPostgreSQLRedisDynamoDBEvent Streaming/Processing LogicWeb StandardsVideo StandardsAWSCI/CDTest Validation ApproachesMonitoringAlertingAuthenticationAuthorizationOAuth 2.0OpenID ConnectJWTUnit TestingIntegration TestingDev-ContainersALB/NLBAmazon Route 53Amazon S3CloudflareAWS SQSKafkaREST APIsDistributed SystemsDockerMachine Learning ModelsNvidia Hardware

Qualifications

5 Years Professional Backend Services Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Summary: As a Senior Backend Engineer , you will design, build, and deploy the backend services that power our creative brainstorming and creation products. You will work with web and video standards to power our suite of web-based image and video creation / editing tools.

You will also work on building and deploying backend services and APIs to our AWS infrastructure, write secure, stable, and scalable Python code, interface with our ground-breaking foundation model, and integrate with Postgres, Redis, S3, and DynamoDB to implement event streaming/processing logic.

You will work with passionate engineers and top researchers to build a truly disruptive and novel technology. We’re looking for full-time hires in our San Francisco office.

Required Experience:

  • Experience developing scalable services using Python, using frameworks such as FastAPI and Pydantic

  • Experience building and scaling cloud-based infrastructure leveraging Kubernetes and EKS

  • Experience working with relational databases

  • At least 5 years of professional experience building backend services

Nice to have:

  • Experience building high availability services using CI/CD, full ranges of test validation approaches, monitoring and alerting

  • Familiarity with authentication / authorization, utilizing standards such as oauth2, OIDC, and JWT

  • Experience writing unit and integration tests and working with CI/CD and dev-containers

  • Familiarity with AWS IAM, ALB/NLB, route53, S3, Cloudflare

  • Experience developing/scaling pipelines, event streaming/processing in AWS, using tools such as SQS or Kafka

  • Experience architecting and implementing REST APIs for distributed systems

  • Experience with k8s, docker, especially in the context of deploying machine learning models on nvidia hardware

Benefits:

  • Competitive compensation and equity

  • 401k

  • Healthcare (Silver PPO Medical, Vision, Dental)

  • Lunch and snacks at the office

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