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LeafLink

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2016

🛍️ eCommerce

🏪 Marketplace

🤝 B2B

💰 $100M Series D on 2023-02

eCommerce • Marketplace • B2B

LeafLink is a leading technology platform that connects cannabis businesses for modern, wholesale e-commerce. LeafLink facilitates streamlined commerce by providing a platform for brands to increase exposure, process orders from buyers, and access analytics. For retailers, it offers the ability to discover new products and order all brands in one online cart for free. LeafLink's ecosystem includes marketplace solutions, payments, logistics, advertising, and insights to optimize workflows for both brands and retailers. Catering specifically to licensed, wholesale cannabis operators, LeafLink simplifies processes such as payment tracking and order management, leveraging integrations with top ERP and CRM systems. Operating in over 30 markets primarily in the United States, LeafLink stands as a central hub for wholesale cannabis transactions.

📋 Description

• Design and build backend services supporting commerce workflows and integrations. • Develop and maintain production-grade services using Python, Django, and Django REST Framework. • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design scalable system solutions. • Contribute to architectural discussions and evolve service-oriented systems and event-driven architectures using technologies such as SNS, SQS, or event buses. • Write maintainable, secure, and well-tested backend code. • Improve system reliability, performance, observability, and operational resilience. • Build and maintain APIs used by internal services, external partners, and third-party integrations. • Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling. • Refactor and modernize legacy systems as the platform evolves. • Deploy and operate services in AWS-based environments using modern cloud infrastructure patterns. • Contribute to and improve CI/CD pipelines to support safe, automated, and efficient testing and deployments. • Troubleshoot production issues, participate in root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes. • Participate in code reviews and advocate for strong engineering standards, testing practices, and operational excellence.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working as a backend engineer in a production environment. • Strong experience building backend services using Python and Django. • Experience designing, building, and maintaining REST APIs, preferably with Django REST Framework. • Experience working with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, and large datasets. • Strong understanding of backend application architecture, data modeling, and service design. • Strong debugging, problem-solving, and production troubleshooting skills. • Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures. • Familiarity with asynchronous processing, background jobs, queues, or event-based workflows. • Familiarity with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes. • Experience deploying and operating services in AWS or similar cloud environments. • Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational best practices. • Experience in regulated industries, such as financial services or cannabis, is a plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible PTO - you’re going to be working hard so enjoy time off with no cap! • A robust stock option plan to give our employees a direct stake in LeafLink’s success • 5 Days of Volunteer Time Off (VTO) - giving back is important to us and we want our employees to prioritize cultivating a better community • Competitive compensation and 401k match • Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) • Commuter Benefits through our Flexible Spending Account