[Hiring] Backend & DevOps Engineer @Silver.dev

Role Description

We move fast and ship often. As our Backend & DevOps Engineer, you'll split your time between building and maintaining robust backend services and owning the infrastructure that keeps our platform running. You'll write production Python, own REST APIs, wrangle Mongo and Postgres, and turn around deployment issues without waiting for someone else to unblock you. This isn't a ticket-closing role. We want someone who takes ownership across the stack, asks the right questions, and brings ideas to the table whether the problem is in application code or in the pipeline.

What You'll Do

• Backend Engineering
  • Design, build, and maintain Python-based backend services and REST APIs
  • Own data models and query optimization across MongoDB and PostgreSQL
  • Write clean, tested, production-grade code and participate in code review
  • Build internal tooling and automation scripts to accelerate the team
  • Containerize services with Docker and manage deployment configs
  • Debug and resolve application-layer issues quickly, in direct collaboration with engineering
• DevOps & Infrastructure
  • Administer our AWS environment (EC2, ECS, RDS, IAM, networking)
  • Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines; manage self-hosted and cloud build agents
  • Own our observability stack (Datadog): dashboards, alerts, log pipelines, and metrics
  • Help manage cloud-native services like Elasticsearch and Kafka, with a focus on deployment and monitoring
  • Implement DevSecOps best practices: access control, secret management, auditing, and certificate renewals
  • Maintain SOC 2 compliance controls and contribute to audit readiness
  • Write clear technical documentation and lead incident retrospectives to drive reliability improvements

Qualifications

• 4-5 years of backend engineering and/or DevOps experience, with meaningful time in both disciplines
• Production Python: service development, REST API design, scripting, and automation
• Strong SQL skills and hands-on MongoDB experience
• Docker for containerization; comfortable writing and debugging Dockerfiles and Compose configs
• AWS fundamentals: EC2, ECS, RDS, IAM, and networking
• CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions or similar platforms
• SOC 2 compliance exposure or equivalent security controls experience
• Strong troubleshooting instincts across both app and infra layers
• You write documentation that people actually read

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes or ECS Fargate in production
• Familiarity with threat intelligence platforms or cybersecurity SaaS
• Datadog or comparable observability tooling
• Background in DevSecOps or security engineering
• Prior startup or fast-moving engineering environment experience

What You Can Expect

• A lean, execution-focused team that moves quickly and trusts you to own your work
• Direct access to engineering and leadership
• Real full-stack infrastructure and application problems to solve, not busywork
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Flexible remote-first work environment