Senior Backend / DevOps Engineer

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Senior Backend / DevOps Engineer at Abstra developing RESTful APIs and managing AWS infrastructure. Collaborating in a remote team to enhance cloud capabilities and coding standards.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable RESTful APIs using FastAPI
  • Own and improve our AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS, IAM, etc.)
  • Manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows (GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, or equivalent)
  • Collaborate on database design, query optimization, and migrations (PostgreSQL / SQLAlchemy / DynamoDB)
  • Write clean, well-tested Python code following best practices
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering standards
  • Monitor system health, respond to incidents, and improve observability (logging, alerting)
  • Contribute to architecture decisions and technical planning discussions

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience, primarily in Python
  • Strong hands-on experience with FastAPI (or comparable async Python frameworks)
  • Deep familiarity with AWS services and infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar frameworks)
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS or EKS)
  • Proficiency with PostgreSQL and DynamoDB; experience with ORM frameworks (SQLAlchemy 2.0 preferred)
  • Strong communication skills in English (written and spoken)
  • Comfortable working asynchronously and autonomously within a remote-first team
  • Experience with ETL pipelines or data engineering workflows
  • Familiarity with PostHog, Sentry, or similar observability/analytics tools

Benefits:

  • Flexible working hours and remote work options.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • A collaborative and inclusive work environment.
  • The chance to work on impactful projects with a talented team.
  • Excellent compensation in USD.
  • Hardware and software setup (mandatory).