Launch Potato · 10 hours ago
Python Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
3+ years expLaunch Potato is a profitable digital media company that reaches over 30M+ monthly visitors through various brands. They are seeking a Python Engineer to develop and support robust backend application features and integrations while collaborating with senior engineers and stakeholders to meet business needs.
Marketing & Advertising
Responsibilities
Develop, deliver, document and support robust and stable backend application features, third-party integrations and infrastructure across a breadth of services and environments
Support the development and implementation of backend features and integrations across both legacy and new systems
Collaborate with senior engineers and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions aligned with business needs
Contribute to feasibility discussions and support early-stage prototyping with guidance from peers
Implement backend functionality with attention to performance, readability, and maintainability
Follow team patterns and contribute to test coverage, including basic post-deployment and load testing scripts
Escalate reliability or performance concerns and partner with senior engineers to resolve them
Help maintain and improve application monitoring by setting up or adjusting alerts, dashboards, or logs
Participate in debugging and resolving production issues, with support from senior team members
Document fixes and share learnings to strengthen team awareness and incident response
Support infrastructure tasks using established tools (e.g., Terraform, ECS, Lambda) under guidance
Assist in maintaining CI/CD pipelines and participate in identifying workflow improvements
Write maintainable, testable code using frameworks like Django and testing tools such as Pytest
Engage in code reviews with a learning mindset and contribute to a culture of quality and shared ownership
Pair with teammates to troubleshoot issues and improve knowledge of system architecture
Build awareness of how backend systems connect to product goals and customer outcomes
Share observations that could improve team workflows, code quality, or product performance
Seek clarity on priorities and outcomes to ensure engineering effort supports business value
Qualification
Required
Experience with containerized Python/Django (or FastAPI) services, including deployment on AWS
Proficiency in troubleshooting production bugs in systems with limited QA support
Strong grasp of SQL databases, CI/CD (especially CircleCI), containerized solutions, and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred)
Comfortable contributing ideas, giving peer feedback via pull requests, and driving technical improvements autonomously
3+ years of professional development experience using Python and deploying backend systems using Python frameworks like Django or FastAPI
Implement backend functionality with attention to performance, readability, and maintainability
Follow team patterns and contribute to test coverage, including basic post-deployment and load testing scripts
Help maintain and improve application monitoring by setting up or adjusting alerts, dashboards, or logs
Participate in debugging and resolving production issues, with support from senior team members
Document fixes and share learnings to strengthen team awareness and incident response
Support infrastructure tasks using established tools (e.g., Terraform, ECS, Lambda) under guidance
Assist in maintaining CI/CD pipelines and participate in identifying workflow improvements
Write maintainable, testable code using frameworks like Django and testing tools such as Pytest
Engage in code reviews with a learning mindset and contribute to a culture of quality and shared ownership
Pair with teammates to troubleshoot issues and improve knowledge of system architecture
Build awareness of how backend systems connect to product goals and customer outcomes
Share observations that could improve team workflows, code quality, or product performance
Seek clarity on priorities and outcomes to ensure engineering effort supports business value
Collaborative: Open to feedback, communicates clearly across functions, and adds value through shared knowledge (especially during pull request reviews)
Curious & Proactive: Suggests improvements in tooling, deployment, or infrastructure and thinks beyond assigned tasks
Detail-Oriented: Writes maintainable, testable code with a strong grasp of debugging principles and Python design patterns
Execution-Driven: Manages time effectively, prioritizes impact, and consistently meets engineering goals without micromanagement
Growth Mindset: Seeks to understand LP's products and business context to make informed backend decisions and support data-driven goals
Preferred
Track record of backend engineering support for Content Management Systems (CMS) preferred
Experience with NextJS systems
Company
Launch Potato
As The Discovery and Conversion Company, we connect advertisers to customers at all parts of the consumer journey, from awareness to consideration to purchase.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Ryan Van Horn
CTO / Founder
Apurva Shah
Chief Financial Officer
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