Senior Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer

We're seeking an experienced backend engineer to be a cornerstone in building the core infrastructure of our platform. In this role, you'll design and implement scalable, resilient, and well-structured backend systems that fuel our technology for driving building decarbonization. You'll work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate requirements into high-quality solutions that deliver an exceptional user experience. If tackling complex technical challenges, scaling real-world systems, and applying software engineering toward impactful climate solutions excites you, this opportunity is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with product and design teams to translate requirements into architecture, design documents, and test strategies.
• Develop clean, maintainable, and dependable server-side code.
• Lead efforts to optimize and scale our production systems as our customer base expands.
• Shape and enforce backend development best practices across the team.
• Deliver backend services and integrations that are efficient, easy to maintain, and built for long-term reliability.
• Create and maintain automated testing to ensure functionality and reduce regressions.
• Improve our internal frameworks, developer tools, and infrastructure to accelerate future development.

Milestones:

• Successfully scale core services to support rapid user and data growth.
• Define a cohesive foundation for backend and frontend system integration.
• Consistently ship production-ready code that aligns with product and design expectations.
• Build a robust automated testing suite to ensure the stability of critical features.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of architecture and internal developer tooling.

About You

• Experience: 5–8+ years professionally as a backend engineer, ideally including time in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Technical Background: Strong knowledge of modern backend frameworks (e.g., Django in Python; or equivalents like Express, Ruby on Rails, or Spring Boot).
• Core Skills: Deep proficiency in Python and backend system design.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to generate multiple solution paths, weigh trade-offs, and pick the most practical approaches.
• Engineering Mindset: Balance pragmatism and best practices; familiarity with principles like YAGNI.
• Foundations: Solid computer science grounding in algorithms, data structures, and system architecture.
• Debugging Ability: Skilled at diagnosing and resolving complex issues.
• Creativity: Comfortable with innovative, "outside the box" approaches to engineering challenges.
• Collaboration: Strong teammate with a cooperative, product-focused mindset.