Senior Backend Engineer Python
Senior Backend Engineer Python
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Senior Backend Engineer
Remote
(Available States: Utah Texas Florida North Carolina Alabama Virginia)
About Us
Canopy is a fastgrowing SaaS company in South Jordan Utah building simple efficient software for accounting firms. We are looking to revolutionize the accounting space with modern userfriendly software for a neglected industry.
We aim to help our clients unlock the firm theyve always wanted with our Practice Management Suite. We place a strong emphasis on delighting our customers spotting and solving problems and being good people along the way.
Click here to see why our clients love Canopy.
Interested in learning more about Canopy & the industry Check out our blog here where you can find great information on our product features industry news practice management and more!
The Opportunity
We are hiring a Sr Backend Engineer who has a desire to work in Python Java and Kotlin to help us make our world class practice management platform for accounting professionals even better! Our backend web developers work crossfunctionally on teams with frontend developers product managers UX designers and QA engineers. They have the autonomy to research hypothesize build test and iterate on the best solutions for our customers. Our powerful DevOps tools and microservices architecture allow our teams to release code to production hundreds of times per month. If you are an experience Python backend developer who wants to have a meaningful impact in a company that means agile when we say it please apply!
What Youll Do:
- Work with your product manager UX designer engineers and customers to define and validate new features and enhancements
- Meet with frontend engineers to design effective REST API endpoints and document the service contract
- Implement microservice endpoints using Python with asyncio or Java with Vert.x PostgreSQL Redis RabbitMQ and anything else you need to get the job done
- Write unit tests for your code and participate in code reviews to ensure quality and best practices in other developers code
- Own service builds and deployments to our staging and production environments using Docker Github and Kubernetes
- Identify prioritize and resolve bugs and technical debt
- Mentor other developers on your team and share gained knowledge with the rest of the backend developers through trainings
- Participate in interviews of candidates to help us continue to hire the best
Your Skills Include:
- At least 5 years of web development experience (Python Java or Kotlin preferred)
- Proficiency in SQL database design and interaction
- Knowledge of RESTful API principles and conventions
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent work experience
- Passion for building innovative scalable solutions that have real customer impact
- Ability to work well on a highly collaborative team with other product development roles
- Ability to communicate well with others to promote ideas while showing mutual respect for others opinions
Bonus Points If You Have:
- An interest for AI development and following the latest updates in the space
- Experience working with microservices
- Experience with leveraging 3rd party APIs and integrations
We know many women do not apply for a job if they dont perfectly fit the description. We want you to apply anyway.
Why You Want to Work Here:
Flexible Paid Time Off youre actually encouraged to use plus 10 company holidays!
Health Benefits including Medical Dental and Vision and an HSA Match.
401(k) we match 100 up to 3 of your contribution. Eligibility is immediate with 100 vesting.
Mental Health all employees have access to Impact Suite & to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Paid New Parent Leave & Birthing Parent Leave so youre able to care for your little ones.
Supplemental Benefits including 100 company paid Basic Life & AD&D insurance and long & shortterm disability coverage.
Nectar our peertopeer recognition program to help our employees recognize the amazing work being done by other Canopians!
Company Events including monthly companywide meetings summer parties and more.
ERG Committees to plan initiatives around continuing education community outreach recruiting onboarding and more.
Fullystocked kitchen Keto Vegan Flexitarian Mandalorian Weve got you covered.
Our Values:
We approach our work every day with a few things in mind:
Own we own this place! We focus on outcomes holding ourselves & each other accountable.
Win we win by delighting our customers with the very best products and services.
Do Good we work hard to be good people!
Embrace Curiosity & Candor we approach everything with curiosity & we understand that candor is kindness and give the gift of feedback.
To learn more about us & our values click here.
Interviewing @ Canopy:
Application processes can be a little stressful. Here are the stages of a typical interview process at Canopy:
- Once your application is received we will review it and get back to you if we feel like its a mutual fit!
- 20 minute phone call with the People Team
- 45 minute video interview with the Hiring Manager
- 2.5 hour panel interview that includes a mix of cultural and technical questions
Interview processes can vary depending on the role. The People Team will give you a rolespecific overview of the process during your first phone call.
Remember: This is your interview too! We know candidates are evaluating us just as much as we are them. We encourage you to bring questions to each of your interviewsour hiring teams will always make sure to save time for questions at the end!
Canopy is an equalopportunity employer. Canopy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability genetic information marital status or veteran status.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
