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Python Engineer

Locust Technologies Inc.
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/18/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2025

About Locust Technologies

Locust Technologies are the makers of Locust Cloud, a developer friendly, enterprise ready load testing service based on the open source project Locust. We are passionate about helping our customers find and resolve performance issues and giving them confidence in their systems.

Locust is already one of the most popular load testing tools, but now we're taking it to the next level by providing a SaaS solution with hosted load generators and advanced reporting.

At Locust Technologies we care about what we're building and who we're building it with. We believe in a small amount of process and a large amount of developer freedom. We use modern solutions and like keeping things as simple as possible.

We ♥ open source and a lot of our work is fed back into the project, free for anyone to use and modify.

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Python developer to join our small but dedicated team. This role is crucial to shaping the future of Locust Cloud, and you'll be working on both the frontend and backend.

Your expertise in Python and experience with cloud will help us bring our offer to market quickly without compromising on code quality or limiting future possibilities.

Locust Technologies is a fully remote early-stage startup that prefers employees located in the United States or contractors in European & American time zones.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain : Build new features for our service and refine the ones already in place. Help design and improve the AWS-powered infrastructure we use.
  • Collaborate : Work closely with the rest of the team, discussing and prioritizing new features and improvements.
  • Innovate : Push the boundaries of what's possible with Locust, ensuring it stays ahead of its competitors in flexibility and ease of use.
  • Optimize : Ensure high performance and scalability of our software and service.
  • Adapt : As we're a small company, we all need to be more than one thing. One day, you might be perfecting how we deploy our service; the next, you could be creating a new graph in the UI to help our customers analyze their test results.

Requirements

  • Full-time (40 hours / week)
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in Python development
  • Experience with load / performance testing
  • Experience with AWS or other cloud service provider
  • Comfortable working remotely full-time in a startup environment (eg. on-camera meetings, flexible schedule)
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently as well as in a team
  • Nice-to-Have

  • Familiarity with Locust
  • Experience with React, MaterialUI and Vite
  • Experience with AWS & Chalice
  • Experience with Kubernetes
  • Experience writing high performance / low latency code in Python
  • Experience with OpenTelemetry
  • Experience with Prometheus
  • Academic degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • Public work for review (eg. GitHub account)
  • Why Join Us

  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic and collaborative environment
  • Flexible Hours
  • Competitive Salary and / or generous equity (U.S. employees)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage (U.S. employees)
  • An all-remote work environment with country-specific holidays
  • Parental leave
  • The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be at the company's sole discretion and determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, years of experience, depth of experience, and other relevant business considerations. The company also reserves the right to amend or modify employee perks and benefits.

    At Locust Technologies, we operate in a transparent environment, with clear terms and open communication, guided by our public handbook. We celebrate and embrace differences as a strength and source of innovation. We dare to dream, dare to lead, and dare to change. We are resourceful, think creatively, and adapt quickly. We persevere, take challenges head-on, and do not bat an eye at the hard stuff.

    Locust Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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