Senior Software Engineer – Backend

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🕒 August 18

🌐 United States, United Kingdom, +3 more countries – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Stacklet

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11 - 50 employees

☁️ SaaS

🔐 Security

💰 $18M Series A on 2021-01

SaaS • Security • Cloud

Stacklet is a leading company specializing in cloud governance, cost management, and compliance solutions. They offer a platform that enables organizations to optimize cloud usage, significantly reduce cloud bills, and prevent resource waste through governance as code. Stacklet provides advanced capabilities built on Cloud Custodian, enhancing visibility, productivity, and security in the cloud. The company helps enforce security policies and compliance frameworks across multi-cloud environments while cutting governance reporting time and boosting asset management efficiency. Stacklet operates with a strong open-source ethos and offers solutions for FinOps, security, and infrastructure governance, integrating automated workflows to eliminate inefficiencies and reduce risks in cloud operations.

📋 Description

• Build distributed, event-driven services that turn Cloud Custodian into a platform • Develop the GraphQL API used by the console and customers • Build pipelines that execute policies across thousands of cloud accounts • Develop and maintain asset and cost data stores • Design systems that remain correct and observable while running governance workloads at scale across multiple clouds and regions • Work as part of a distributed software development team in an Agile/DevOps environment • Lead backend initiatives and mentor other engineers • Participate in technical discussions, evaluate solutions, and plan implementation paths • Make architectural recommendations and guide teammates through decisions

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building backend services in Python • 3+ years of experience leading backend initiatives and mentoring engineers • Strong experience designing and operating distributed, event-driven systems • Knowledge of failure handling, retries, idempotency, and eventual consistency • Experience with relational databases and an ORM, including PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, and Alembic • Experience with schema design, migrations, and query performance • Experience designing and evolving APIs consumed by teams and customers • Experience with GraphQL • Hands-on experience with AWS and serverless services, including Lambda, EventBridge, SNS/SQS, DynamoDB, and ECS • Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD using Terraform, Docker, and GitHub Actions • Experience with modern testing stacks, including pytest, moto, and containerized functional-test environments • Ability to work on a distributed software development team in an Agile/DevOps environment • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Ability to analyze problems, compare solutions, and plan implementation • Ability to make architectural recommendations and bring teammates along • Team-oriented, detail-focused, accountable, and receptive to constructive feedback

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote • Company laptop for development • Home office budget • Equity compensation • Excellent health benefits • Generous time-off policy • Talented and experienced team • Friendly culture