Backend Engineer - Python (Remote)
Backend Engineer - Python (Remote)
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Job Description
Headquarters in Austin with in-office hybrid and remote employment possibilities anywhere in the world. We are a global team and want you to work wherever you feel most productive.
Our Mission
SkyFi is easifying access to earth observation and other geospatial data. Accessing using & buying earth observation imagery and data is extremely hard. For small businesses and individuals it is nearly impossible... until now. We built a platform to connect anyone to up-to-date high-resolution imagery.
What we do has tremendous potential to solve meaningful problems in our world. Everyone can be empowered by having this technology at their fingertips: detect bridges that are about to break check the health of crops track the evolution of endangered species and introduce use cases that we cant even imagine yet. Grab the chance to be part of this. Join a team of open-minded dynamic people solving new challenges and working on new technology in an exciting market with immense growth. SkyFi is the place for you.
The Job
Design deliver and maintain a system that enables the integration of multiple Earth Observation service providers exposes APIs and maximizes uptime and fault tolerance.
Collaborate with product design and operations teams to gather requirements.
Partner with fellow engineers to architect develop and scale the product while keeping operational issues in mind
Mentor and support your fellow teammates.
Drive ongoing efficiency and reliability improvements that improve the quality of the systems.
What Were Looking For:
College graduate with a STEM degree (preferrably in Computer Science) with solid computer science fundamentals
At least several years of industry experience with solid software design and development skills
Experience in relational databases
Autonomy and proactivity with end-to-end ownership of any problem with minimal supervision
Comfortable managing large data sets using techniques like partitioning and sharding
Experience developing documenting maintaining and integrating REST APIs
Interested in working with Python Postgres geospatial and temporal datasets and image manipulation
Experience in working with automated CI/CD pipelines
Experience in working with no manual testing processes is a huge plus
Experience with Google Cloud Platform is a plus
Experience in SaaS product companies developing and supporting 24/7 services is a plus
Experience with multinational remote teams is a huge plus
Preference for early-stage projects is a plus
Interest in the Earth Observation industry is a plus
Employment Type
Full Time
