Close is hiring a
Senior or Staff Software Engineer - Backend/Python

Summary

The job description is for Senior and Staff level engineers to join a fully remote, profitable, and 100% remote company called Close. The role involves working on the backend tech stack primarily with Python Flask web apps, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, AWS, Terraform, Ansible, and other tools.

Requirements

• Senior/Staff level candidates should have 5+ years experience building modern back-end systems
• Mid-level candidates should have ~3 years of similar experience and be eager to level up with the right opportunity
• Python experience is preferred but experience in other languages is acceptable if you have a desire to work with Python
• You have hands-on production experience working with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, or similar data stores
• You have experience designing, scaling, debugging, and optimizing systems to make them fast and reliable
• You have participated in code reviews and provided overall code quality suggestions to help maintain the structure and quality of the codebase
• Located in the USA

Preferred Qualifications

• Bonus point if you have… Contributed open source code related to our tech stack
• Bonus point if you have… Led small project teams building and launching features
• Bonus point if you have… Built B2B SaaS products
• Bonus point if you have… Worked with complex architectures that support multiple APIs (e.g. REST, GQL, WebSockets) as well as async task and event processing frameworks

Benefits

• 5 weeks PTO + Winter Holiday Break with 2 additional PTO days for every year with the company
• 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years
• Paid parental leave
• Medical, Dental, Vision with HSA option (US residents)
• 401k matching at 6% (US residents)
• Dependent care FSA (US residents)