[Hiring] Senior Backend Engineer @Muttdata

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on, and ownership-driven Backend Engineer (Advanced) to join our team. In this role you will:

• Design, build, and operate production-grade backend services and REST APIs with Python and FastAPI on Microsoft Azure.
• Work closely with development, data, and IT/DevOps teams, integrating backend services with Azure components, relational databases, third-party APIs, and data processes running on platforms like Databricks.
• Focus on reliability, observability, and clean, maintainable code.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in backend development, with demonstrable participation in building, integrating, and operating production services.
• Strong command of Python and experience building REST APIs with FastAPI or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience designing modular, maintainable software, applying principles such as SOLID, separation of concerns, and automated testing best practices.
• Experience integrating APIs and distributed systems, including authentication, error handling, timeouts, retries, and resiliency patterns.
• Experience with asynchronous processing and messaging systems, using queues, dead-letter handling, and idempotency (e.g., Azure Service Bus or equivalents).
• Strong SQL and relational database skills, including modeling, querying, migrations, and ORM usage; SQL Server or Azure SQL preferred.
• Experience with Docker and deploying containerized services.
• Hands-on experience with cloud services, preferably Microsoft Azure, including monitoring, Git version control, and participation in continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) processes.

Requirements

• Build and operate the communications dispatch service, integrating message queues and external APIs, with idempotency, retries, rate limiting, and error handling mechanisms.
• Integrate and orchestrate platform components, including Azure services, databases, third-party APIs, and data processes running on platforms such as Databricks.
• Design and maintain persistence solutions in Azure SQL, including data modeling, migrations, data integrity, and query optimization.
• Ensure backend reliability and observability in production by implementing monitoring, tracing, automated testing, and failure recovery mechanisms.
• Collaborate with development, data, and IT/DevOps teams on technical decisions, component integration, CI/CD pipelines, and deployments across environments, maintaining clear technical documentation.

Benefits

• Remote-first culture – work from anywhere!
• AWS, DBT, Google Cloud, Azure & Databricks certifications fully covered.
• Birthday off + an extra vacation week (Mutt Week!).
• Referral bonuses – help us grow the team & get rewarded!
• Monthly credits to spend in our benefits marketplace.
• Annual Mutters' Trip – an unforgettable getaway with the team!