Senior Backend Engineer

We expect you to bring strong opinions, hold them loosely, and always optimize for what's right in the long run.\n\nWhat You Will Do\nEngineering & Architecture\nTake full ownership of backend systems from scoping through delivery—no handholding, no ambiguity tolerance as an excuse.\nMake and defend architectural decisions that balance shipping velocity with long-term maintainability; you know when to build something custom and when to reach for a proven pattern.\nDesign scalable, reliable systems with Python as your primary language, with enough full-stack range to collaborate effectively across NextJS-based surfaces.\nEvaluate AI tooling critically—you use it daily to move faster, but you understand that \"vibe coding\" is a liability, and you hold your AI-generated output to the same standard as everything else.\nTechnical Leadership\nLead your squad during planning cycles: go deep on each ticket, challenge scope where needed, and make sure the team ships with clarity.\nMentor junior and mid-level engineers through code review, pairing, and design discussions—not by micromanaging, but by setting a high bar.\nProactively identify bottlenecks, technical debt, and systemic risks before they become emergencies.\n\nWhat We Are Looking For\nExperience: 8+ years of hands-on backend engineering experience, with a consistent track record of shipping production systems at scale.\nTechnical depth: Python is non-negotiable. Familiarity with NextJS and an ability to read and reason about frontend code is expected.\nJudgment: You understand the trade-off between a perfectly generic solution and a pragmatic custom one—and you know which the situation actually calls for.\nOwnership: You don't wait to be told. You identify what needs doing, flag it, and drive it to completion.\nDiscipline: Detail-oriented to a fault.

You can take over sprint and cycle planning for a squad and make it better—tighter tickets, cleaner scoping, fewer surprises.\nAI-native, not AI-dependent: You integrate AI tools naturally into your daily workflow for speed and leverage, but you review, reason about, and take full responsibility for everything you ship.\nIndependent thinker: You form your own technical views, push back when something doesn't make sense, and don't need consensus to act.\nSupply chain domain experience: A meaningful plus—we work in a space where understanding warehouse workflows, inventory logic, or ERP-adjacent systems translates directly into better engineering decisions.\n\nWhy Join Us\nWe're a small, high-trust team building something genuinely hard. You won't be one of fifty engineers in a trench—you'll be someone whose decisions visibly shape the product.