Software Engineer, Backend

About the role

You might be a fit if you:

- Are an experienced generalist who writes high-quality code.

- Can own large pieces of work and solve whatever problems come your way.

- Have designed APIs and built backend services for complex, consumer-grade products.

- Are comfortable with Python/Django/SQL/AWS. Languages can be learned, but because we're small and will be counting on you to make big contributions quickly, familiarity with our stack is helpful. ML experience a plus.

- Operate well in an early-stage environment where there's more change and less structure compared to a more mature company.

- Are highly collaborative and an excellent communicator.

Some tech you'll help build:

- Article and PDF parsers that use a combination of techniques from heuristic frameworks to NLP to computer vision

- Data ingestion pipelines that consolidate content from disparate sources, including RSS, save-extensions, newsletters, and Twitter

- Scrapers that ingest content produced by specific individuals wherever it occurs on the internet

- Data synchronization engine that powers offline interactivity across multiple clients

Our Stack

- Django, Postgres, Redis, Celery in the backend

- Swift iOS app with Realm for local datastore

- React for internal tooling

- Runs entirely on AWS

- Comfortable dev environment using Git, Docker, automated tests, and continuous deployment

- GitHub, Slack, Notion, Figma, Linear

See the posting on Matter's site