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Senior Backend Engineer

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

38 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Bachelor Degree6 yrs expEnglishAWSDistributed SystemsDjangoMy SQLPostgresPython

Job Description

• Cube is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Engineering team. • You’ll partner closely with Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Customer Success, and you’ll report to one of our Engineering Managers. • This role carries meaningful ownership and influence across the team and the product. • Our mission is to create an extremely simple and intuitive product in an industry—Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)—that is inherently complex. • We’re looking for a senior engineer who thrives in the middle of complex systems—not just greenfield projects—and who takes pride in evolving large, long-lived codebases under real business constraints.

Job Requirements

6+ years of professional backend engineering experience, with significant time spent in Python and Django
Expert-level knowledge of Django Core and Django REST Framework, including a deep understanding of the request/response lifecycle—and the judgment to know when to use (and remove) tools like signals
Deep experience with relational databases at scale (PostgreSQL and/or MySQL), including indexing strategies, locking behavior, and transactional integrity in distributed systems
Strong comfort operating in AWS, including practical experience with services like RDS, SQS (visibility timeouts), S3 lifecycle policies, and debugging IAM/VPC networking issues
Experience working in large, existing codebases, not just greenfield development
A proven track record of delivering well-designed, well-tested, performant systems in an agile, remote-first environment
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Strong fundamentals in algorithms and data structures, and how they behave at scale in real systems

Benefits

We provide 100% covered employee medical, dental, and vision insurance options, including FSA/HSA options plus free memberships to OneMedical, Teladoc, and Talkspace.
Our flexible paid vacation and sick/mental health time guidelines help you get the time and space you need.
We offer stock options to all full-time employees of Cube, as we want you to be connected to the success of the company.
We offer 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for the birthing parent.
We offer each Cuber a quarterly learning budget to spend on books, classes, or events that support your development.
You’ll be joining an experienced team of tech startup leaders who are eager to work with you and provide support and mentorship!
You’ll work for a company that our customers are truly excited about!