Senior Backend Developer (Remote)

Full-time - Senior

Los Angeles, CA

About the position

We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Developer to help lead efforts on the back end of our enterprise-grade system. In this role, you will work closely with members of the engineering and product teams to deliver against our ambitious product roadmap as well as have direct impact on the products and features you'll be building. The ideal candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced dynamic environment with a take-charge/can-do attitude and can demonstrate flexibility and resiliency. We're a small but nimble team and are looking for candidates who thrive in an autonomous environment. This role will be remote to start and then will be flexibly based out of California (once covid-19 situation subsides). Surefront is a cloud-based collaboration app built to bring retailers and suppliers together through Unified Collaboration Management (UCM). Our solution bridges ERPs, PLMs, PIMs and other enterprise systems with a streamlined solution that keeps all of your work in one place so you can save time better spent on growing sales and increasing margin.

Responsibilities

• Own back-end code for our SaaS system, working with our Engineering team
• Compile and analyze data, processes, and code to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for optimization
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to ensure quality functional capabilities and to further enhance user experience
• Developing ideas for new features and capabilities that would enhance performance, including monitoring industry standards for optimal SaaS setup
• Ensuring recording of data about use and function of the system and report that information using tools like New Relic and Sentry to get that data to the right parties
• Work alongside and effectively coordinate with other engineers on the team
• Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members responsible for back end systems

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Django
• AWS Proficient
• Resident of CA or AZ, no employer sponsorship

Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401K
• Flexible hours
• Fun, high-energy culture of smart folks
• Paid holidays