About Housewarming

Share casual moments with the people you care about

Tech description:

Job description:

**What you’ll do** * Work with founders, design and iOS engineers to bring product ideas to life * Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs and backend services that power our core platform * Maintain and optimize infrastructure to scale as our user base grows * Participate in technical architecture discussions, and set engineering excellence standards that will shape the engineering org for years to come * Engage in our app / slack to gather feedback, resolve bugs and maintain a world class experience for our users **Requirements** * 3+ years of experience building backend systems at scale * Technical excellence: can confidently architect a solution, work through complex technical challenges and collaborate with other teammates to deliver something from zero to production * Product sense: Ability to reason through trade-offs between eng complexity, product scope, and quality to build quickly but maintain world class feel * Versatility: Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt to different technical situations that arise by learning new skills, solving complex problems, taking on different hats etc. * Communication: Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally * Passion: You thrive in fast paced environments, and love taking ownership to drive projects from ideation, to coding and then production at a lightning pace **Ideal Candidate** * Proficiency in Python (experience with Django preferred) * Experience with AWS specifically ECS, CDK, RDS, S3 * Deep understanding of infrastructure concepts including queuing systems, database architecture, caching, edge networks, container orchestration, etc. * Strong understanding of CI/CD * Cares about improving developer experience * Understanding of social media platforms and content recommendation systems * Passion for engineering that extends past your 9-5 job **Our Stack** * Backend: Python/Django * Database: PostgreSQL * Cache & Queue: Redis, Celery * Infrastructure: AWS * API: GraphQL, REST **What We Offer** * $100-200K annual salary + equity * $200/month fitness stipend * $250/quarter concert stipend * Hybrid work environment: 4 days in our Soho NYC office, 1 day remote per week * Catered office lunches on Tuesdays * Opportunity to shape a platform that will reach millions of users * Professional growth and development opportunities * Work directly with founders

Skills:

Python, SQL

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