Job Details
Lead Backend Engineer (Python/ Django)
2025-09-10 Jobot San Francisco,CA
Description:
Requirements:
Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
A bit about us:
Backed by top-tier investors, this startup is transforming how energy infrastructure is financed-digitizing physical assets like solar farms and batteries through tokenization and smart contracts. The company is building a programmable, capital-efficient platform where DeFi, institutional, and retail investors can co-finance the next generation of clean energy. With over $10M raised to date, they're scaling fast and looking for engineers ready to shape the user experience at the frontier of energy and finance.
Why join us?
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of backend systems and APIs using Python
- Architect scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure to support crypto-based energy solutions
- Collaborate closely with product, frontend, and blockchain teams to define and deliver new features
- Own technical decision-making and guide backend engineering best practices across the team
- Drive code quality through code reviews, automated testing, and documentation
- Optimize backend systems for reliability, scalability, and performance in a fast-paced startup environment
- Stay current with emerging technologies in crypto, distributed systems, and backend architecture
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience developing backend software applications in Python, ideally within SaaS, fintech, startup, or product-driven environments
- High ownership, detail-orientation, and a proactive, self-directed work style
- Experience with Django is preferred, also open to Flask or Fast API
- Experience setting up CI/CDs and managing
- Cloud experience with GCP or AWS
- Experience working with databases such as Postgres
- Experience building APIs and Microservices
- Interest in crypto
- Previous experience working at a crypto exchange or DeFi company is a plus
- Exposure to LLM workflows, or other AI-native systems is a plus
- Node, TypeScript, React are a plus
Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.