Offer summary

Qualifications:

Proficient in Python and Django for backend development., Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and DevOps practices., Strong skills in database performance optimization and API integrations., Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and CI/CD processes..

Key responsibilities:

Conduct performance testing and optimize database health.

Maintain and enhance Kubernetes clusters and monitoring systems.

Automate deployments and manage developer environments.

Perform backend feature development and integrations using Python/Django.

Job description

We're hiring a Platform Engineer for our client team.

This person will play a critical role in shaping infrastructure and operational excellence in addition to being a full backend software engineer. Leveraging battle tested technologies such as Kubernetes, Postgres, and AWS, they will go beyond managing infrastructure to build tools that enable engineers to create performant, scalable, and resilient applications.

We're looking for a candidate to be a fully functioning backend software engineer as well. The role will be 70% backend engineer and 30% SRE/DevOps.

LOCATION: THIS ROLE IS AVAILABLE IN PERU, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE

Backend Engineer Expertise:

Python/Django
Python + DB Performance optimization
API / SFTP Integrations
Feature Development experience

DevOps/SRE Skills:

Will need to be comfortable with AWS, maintaining EKS (Kubernetes on AWS).
in DevOps, with skills in Kubernetes, Terraform, or other infrastructure-as-code technologies.
The role is 70-80% backend engineering and 20-30% DevOps/SRE work.
Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Github Actions, AWS, Postgres, Redis.

Main responsabilities:

Conduct performance testing and database health & tuning.
Maintain and enhance our Kubernetes clusters.
Improve monitoring systems and update alerts.
Automate deployments and developer environments.
Explore and implement CI/CD options.
Maintain developer environments and CI pipelines.
Provide on-call support to ensure system reliability and performance. (On-call rotations are designed to be fair and prevent burnout).
Perform backend feature work and integrations using Python/Django.
Database Tuning/Monitoring (e.g adding/removing indexes, partitioning, sharding).
Introducing/Training the usage of technologies used for scaling (e.g DynamoDB, Redis, ElasticSearch).

Why apply: