Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

About Prefect:

Prefect provides workflow orchestration for the modern data enterprise. Our remote first company is singularly focused on this vision, and every team member directly contributes to its advancement. Every role solves a problem, and everyone can understand exactly how their work helps achieve our mission.

To that end, we've carefully created a supportive, high-performance culture - the operating system of our company - that empowers our team to do the best work of their careers and achieve their personal and professional aspirations.

We are looking for folks who want to join a remote-first team  to build an equally amazing company and product.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our team of insatiably curious and passionate engineers who never settle for "good enough".

In this role you will work with the engineering team to build, maintain, and scale our SaaS platform. To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be comfortable with Python, have experience operating data intensive applications at scale, and enjoy engaging with cross-functional teams to understand which technical solution best delivers for our product.

What You’ll Do:

• Build, maintain, and scale Prefect’s SaaS platform in collaboration with engineering and cross-functional teams
• Optimize Python web applications for performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Design and optimize data architecture
• Exercise ownership of your work end-to-end, observe it from problem definition through prototyping, development, and deployment to production

Your Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering roles, with a focus on web applications and distributed systems
• Proficiency in Python, async experience preferred
• Prior experience developing and maintaining data intensive applications at scale
• 3+ years of experience with Postgres and Redis
• 3+ years of experience with monitoring technologies (Grafana, Datadog, or equivalent)
• 3+ years of experience with at least one major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Self-directed - with initiative for identifying problems, tenacity to propose solutions, and communication to keep our team updated of progress and blockers

We take care of our team- our benefits are top-notch so that employees can work comfortably from wherever in the world they call home. Check out some of our most exciting benefits offered below.

• Remote-first team with flexible-first culture
• Equity Stock Options
• 401(k) with 5% company match (vests immediately!)
• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Generous Parental Leave
• Life Insurance and Disability benefits
• $800 remote work stipend for whatever you need to work (food, wellness, equipment etc.)
• Opportunity to attend 3-4 in-person offsite gatherings per year

And that is just the start, there's more! For more info check out our top-of-the-line benefits and perks on our careers page.

. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and work location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations and relevant job levels. Your recruiter can share more about the salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please keep in mind that equity is not included in the range provided above and will represent a significant part of your total compensation. Benefits and any bonus or incentive compensation is also not included in the range provided above.

Belongingness at Prefect is our commitment to ensuring mutual power, access, and opportunity among all groups and individuals who make up our community. We operationalize belongingness through actions large and small on a daily basis, but always with the goal that all groups and individuals can contribute as their most authentic self to the evolution of our product, our team, and our community.

Belongingness is also our commitment to bridge with individuals or groups not yet established in our community, acknowledge differences in a way that affirms distinct identities, and allows for a new, more expansive group identity to form.

Prefect is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity/expression), national origin, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.