Senior Backend Engineer

• 5+ years of professional experience in backend web application development • Hands-on experience with Python/Django or equivalent web frameworks • Strong systems design abilities, including microservices architecture • Experience designing and operating RDBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) • Experience with secure, reliable, large-scale/ high-transaction systems • Experience developing and operating systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) • A self-sufficient person with a high level of initiative, able to work autonomously in a fast-changing environment • A strong team player who collaborates across teams and departments, mentoring and coaching more junior developers • Someone excited to solve social challenges through technology • Interest in environmental issues and the energy industry • Python • Django (or equiv. web framework) • Domain modelling • Designing distributed systems, improving service reliability, and shaping long-term architectural strategy • HTTP and REST APIs, GraphQL and other API technologies • Writing robust and fault-tolerant software • Celery and async processing • Postgres • Plus experience in the following would be a bonus: AWS, Terraform, Packer, Consul