What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Backend Engineer - Python position at Cheesecake Labs?
Cheesecake Labs is a brazilan software design and development company that delivers digital products that drive business impact internationally.
Today, with 11 years of experience connected to Silicon Valey, Cheesecake Labs has delivered 300 digital products for a diverse range of clients, from Fortune 500 to fast-growing startups, that have the challenge of innovating in the world’s most competitive markets.
Among our clients, we have leading brands such as AB InBev, Singularity University, FINN and Tapcart.
Our commitment to high-quality services has earned us recognition as the Top 1 Mobile Development company in Latin America and among the top 10 globally for Mobile App and Custom Software Development by Clutch and a GPTW-certified company for 8 years in a row.
Perks and Benefits
- monthly dollar bonus $ 750
- iPhone or gadgets after the 3 months experience (only for senior positions)
- R$ 1.390,00/month on Beneflex card (home office supplies, mobility, meal allowance, culture, health, education)
- MacBook setup to work
- GPTW company for 6 years in a row
- Stock options plan (only for senior and leader positions)
- Remote-first policy: work from home, from a coffee shop, or in the office – anywhere you feel good about, your call! #beofficeless
- Flexible working hours
- Referral candidate bonus (R$1.000,00)
- National health & dental care (not deducted from the employee’s paycheck)
- Free English Classes (remote)
- Educaker = budget for personal and professional development purposes
- Extended Parental Leave including maternity leave, paternity leave, and adoption leave.
- Miss the working in the office? Our cool Florianópolis office is available for those who feel comfortable, whenever they want. Safety and sanitation measures must be followed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pet-friendly office.
Some activities you would do on a typical day at Cheesecake Labs
- Develop and maintain Backend and AI solutions using Python
- Interact with other teams and professionals, including other developers, designers, project managers, and stakeholders
- Make sure the application has a great user experience
- Assist in the creation and implement mockups
- Build docker images that can run on top of AWS or other PaaS
- Model databases using MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB
- Write beautiful, readable, and scalable code
- Make sure the application solves real-world problems
- Review the code of other developers
- Understand the needs of our partners and come up with solutions for their problems
- Participate in Sprint Plannings and daily stand-up meetings
- Build estimates and plan roadmaps
In order to succeed, you'll likely need the following skills
- 6 years of experience working with software development
- Experience with RESTful backend applications, specially built with Python
- Experience developing AI applications (genAI apps, RAG, AI integrations)
- Experience with deployment processes like Docker, CircleCI, AWS, Heroku
- Experience with Git
- Experience with different databases
- Experience with UNIX systems and terminal usage
- English proficiency
- Open to working on Front-end development and with javascript/typescript
- Knowledge about clean code, design patterns
- Customer-centric mindset and strong client-facing experience
- Being self-taught
- Being up-to-date with the latest news and technologies about Backend
- Good communication skills, both in verbal and writing
- Applicants must have a Brazilian bank account, be legally allowed to provide services to a Brazilian entity and willingness to receive in Brazilian local currency (Real R$)
IMPORTANT TIP -> The communication during the selection process is done by email. We suggest that you keep an eye on your email inboxes and set the permission to receive messages from @cheesecakelabs.hire.trakstar.com so our messages will not be directed to the spam box ;)
We are an equal opportunity employer and embrace, support, and value diversity at our company for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, or disability status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at careers@cheesecakelabs.com.
The collected personal data will be used only to manage and control candidate resumes in order to assess the necessary requirements such as the contact information, and also to conduct this selection process.
The collected data will not be shared with others (“third parties”) without your authorization, and their use will be restricted to Cheesecake Labs internal staff, and also to the service providers that process your data for the selection process. At any time, you can contact us and we will remove your data from our data collection system. In order to do that, just simply send an email to careers@cheesecakelabs.com.
Salary : $750
