Outside · 4 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer — Foundational Services
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $160K/yr
7+ years expOutside Interactive, Inc. is the premier hub for active lifestyle enthusiasts, offering best-in-class content to millions. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to own critical infrastructure for user access across the Outside ecosystem, architecting and building scalable features while mentoring the team.
Information TechnologyMedia and Entertainment
Responsibilities
Architect and develop critical path features for our subscription and identity management platform, directly impacting user experience across millions of active users
Lead technical design discussions and mentor team members on development best practices, with particular depth in Python, Django, and Django Rest Framework (DRF)
Own the full lifecycle of features: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization. Build systems that are so reliable and automated that your team can focus on the next high-impact problem
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, customer support, and other engineering teams to unblock their roadmaps while maintaining the integrity of our foundational systems. Drive alignment across teams on critical dependencies, technical direction, and roadmap priorities—this is as important as shipping features yourself. Prioritize work based on company revenue needs and long-term platform health
Uphold and improve internal Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets to ensure the Outside ecosystem operates smoothly at scale. This role also entails monthly on-call responsibilities
Drive continuous improvement by identifying performance bottlenecks, optimizing build pipelines, and proactively surfacing reliability issues before they impact users. Approach each challenge with curiosity—dig into why systems fail and how to prevent future incidents
Qualification
Required
7+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend systems at scale
4+ years of hands-on experience with Django, Python, and Django Rest Framework (DRF)
Proven ability to design and ship features that handle high concurrency and scale reliably
Comfort with asynchronous patterns, API design, and database optimization
Preferred
Experience designing and integrating with subscription and payment platforms (Stripe, Braintree, app store billing for iOS/Android)
Experience with Celery, Redis, and Postgres
Experience running applications on Vercel using Next.js with TypeScript
Comfort deploying and managing infrastructure using Terraform or similar IaC tools in AWS
Track record of reducing incident response time or improving system reliability metrics
Experience mentoring junior or mid-level engineers on technical and career growth
Benefits
Health care
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Dental
Retirement
Flexible Time Away
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Company
Outside
Outside Interactive, Inc. is the premier destination for outdoor inspiration, activation, and celebration.
201-500 employees
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