Senior Backend Engineer

Postscript is redefining marketing for ecommerce companies. By introducing SMS as an entirely new channel for ecommerce stores to engage, retain, and convert their customer base, brands are seeing huge ROI with Postscript. Backed by Greylock, Y Combinator and other top investors, Postscript is growing fast and looking for remarkable people to help build a world class organization.** We are not open to working with external agencies on this role and are only considering candidates based in North America**SOLELY BACKEND ROLE, PYTHON EXPERIENCE REQUIREDAs a Senior Engineer on the

Acquisition and App Experience

team you will be expected to lead the charge in addressing architectural tradeoffs as we work to build best in class popups, and improve and proliferate our existing list growth channels. Our SDK additionally leverages Lit Web Components and TypeScript, a mix of Cloudflare and AWS-managed architecture, and Shopify App Extensions. Our SDK sees several

billion

requests a month to over 150 million unique users, and our API handles millions of requests daily.Senior Backend Engineers at Postscript have a high impact on their teams and on the wider engineering org through critical leadership, mentorship, and decision-making. As a Senior engineer you will guide your team in weighing technical constraints and business priorities to make the necessary trade-offs to deliver customer value. Our backend stack is currently Python, within a mostly monolithic, AWS-managed architecture, which is in various stages of refactoring to accommodate our increasing scalability/complexity challenges.Primary DutiesResearch, design, and deploy new technical solutions for a variety of ground-breaking projectsGuide your team to make optimal technical and product design decisions, help develop a technical roadmap that supports our product visionArchitect, build, and maintain REST APIs for external and internal customersHelp architect and iterate on our growing list of acquisition tools, and identify opportunities and risks as we scale themCollaborate closely on a cross-functional team to deliver a world-class productTake ownership and get creative with your solutions, dive into bold ideas in order to achieve outstanding resultsContribute to the health of the team through honest and direct feedback as we iterate and improve on our processesMentor other engineers on best practices, standards, and learning opportunitiesBe accountable for communicating transparently and proactively, defining scope, breaking down and estimating tasks, risk and change managementRequirementsA track record of founding/leading teams and complex projects through phases of ambiguity and challenge with great resultsA proven career as a software engineer developing backend applications and APIs, hands-on expertise using Python (Flask and SQLAlchemy a plus). SaaS experience preferred, history of pragmatically adopting new architectures and languages to support teamwork and great engineering, product, and design outcomes.Experience with relational databases, SQL, and experience with database modelingFamiliarity with building applications on AWS servicesExperience building modular, flexible architectures (avoiding vendor lock-in, maximizing readability and extensibility)History of pragmatically adopting new technology to support teamwork and great engineering, product, and design outcomesStellar verbal and written communication skillsExperience building great products (high growth, early stage tech preferred)Experience coaching and mentoring engineersWhat we’ll love about youYou’re curious and enthusiastic—you love building thingsEnergized by early stage companies and the opportunity to own and improve a new, fast-growing codebaseYou can drive technical decisions and inform roadmaps by measuring trade offs informed by business priorities and technical needs/best practicesYou have empathy for users and enjoy helping othersStrong attention to detailBonus : Remote work experience. You love working on a remote-first teamWhat You’ll Love About UsSalary range of

USD $170,000 to $200,000

base plus significant equity regardless of locationHigh growth startup – plenty of room for you to directly impact the company and grow your career!Remote-first team – work from anywhereFun – We’re passionate and enjoy what we doCompetitive compensation and opportunity for equityFlexible paid time offHealth, dental, vision insuranceOther great perks

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