Python Developer

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services to support customer-facing and internal applications
• Drive architectural decisions and lead efforts to evolve our backend stack for scale and maintainability
• Implement and manage account systems and platform APIs with a focus on reliability and extensibility
• Architect and implement data pipelines and infrastructure (AWS S3, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Redshift, etc.)
• Build and maintain serverless and event-driven systems (AWS Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, Amplify, API Gateway, etc.)
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and observability of core services
• Automate and optimize operational workflows to improve efficiency across the firm
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance bottlenecks and system issues in production
• Stay current with AWS and Python ecosystem advancements and best practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• 5+ years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, Backend Engineer, or a related role
• Advanced Python proficiency (3.10+), including modern features and async programming
• Proven expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure and its inner workings (certification a plus)
• Strong experience with data-intensive workloads and libraries such as Pandas, PyArrow, Polars, or similar in cloud-native or distributed settings
• Solid understanding of event-driven architecture, message queues and service orchestration patterns
• Proficiency in Linux environments, system administration, and shell scripting
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams and functions

Pay

The salary range for this role will be between $150,000 and $225,000 per year.

Schedule

This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation and benefits, such as a discretionary bonus, health/dental/vision insurance, Paid Time Off, 401(k) and other benefits eligible to employees.

Benefits

This position follows a 4:1 hybrid work model, out of our New York City office.