Loop AI seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to design backend architecture, engage with customers, and optimize system performance using various technologies.
About Loop:
Loop AI is a San Francisco-based tech company founded in 2022. We provide a Delivery Intelligence Platform for data-driven digital food brands, helping them optimize operations and make informed decisions. Loop is at the forefront of innovation in the food-tech sector.
About the Role:
At Loop, we value a growth mindset, passion for startups, product curiosity, and a hunger for continuous learning. We believe that the collaborative spirit among our peers is the lifeblood of our startup. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing the ideal backend system architecture, addressing customer pain points, and contributing to the overall success of our platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- System Architecture:Develop an ideal backend system architecture to solve problems efficiently.Create strategic plans to achieve the long-term vision while delivering shorter-term solutions that provide immediate value to our customers.
- Customer Interaction:Engage with customers to understand their pain points. Collaborate on brainstorming sessions to devise innovative solutions that enhance the customer experience
- Critical Thinking: Apply critical thinking to problem-solving, starting from the ground up. Challenge existing solutions and propose novel approaches free from bias.
What We're Seeking:
- 6+ years of relevant professional full-time experience building backend systems for Senior roles.
- Proactive self-starter capable of independently solving problems.
- Write clean and maintainable code using Python, Django, PostGreSQL / any relevant backend stack
- Troubleshoot and debug issues in the backend system
- Optimize the performance of the backend services (GCP , DBT)
Top Skills
Dbt
Django
GCP
Postgres
Python
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