Software Engineer

Summary

Join Standard Metrics, a fast-growing financial collaboration platform, as a Backend Engineer. You will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining our core platform and infrastructure. This is a high-impact position where you'll collaborate with the product team, lead infrastructure initiatives, and mentor other engineers. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including comprehensive health insurance, flexible vacation time, and paid parental leave. We are a remote-first company with regular team offsites. We value diversity and encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience in Python
• 2+ years of experience in DevOps, System Administration, or related role
• Experience with AWS cloud platforms, including advanced services and architectures
• Proven expertise with containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
• Deep experience with version control systems, notably Git, and familiarity with branching strategies and best practices

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and build Standard Metrics’ core platform initiatives
• Collaborate with the product team to scope and define the features that will best help the company achieve outcomes aligned with our goals and our values
• Lead the design, implementation, and management of scalable and secure infrastructure solutions
• Architect and manage complex Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ensuring maintainability and scalability
• Design, build, and optimize robust CI/CD pipelines to automate and streamline deployment
• Integrate advanced deployment strategies such as blue-green deployments and canary releases
• Architect and optimize AWS cloud environment with a focus on high availability and disaster recovery
• Implement and manage enterprise-level monitoring, logging, and alerting systems
• Lead the implementation of security best practices, including automated security testing, vulnerability management, and incident response strategies
• Mentor and guide product engineers in best practices and advanced methodologies

Benefits

• Health and dental insurance : We cover you and your family's medical/dental/vision insurance 100% in the USA. Internationally we match local health coverage for you and your family
• Flexible vacation : Take time off when you need it! We find most employees take 3-4 weeks in addition to holidays, but there are no firm rules. We trust our employees to know what's best for them
• Paid parental leave: 12 weeks of paid leave for all new parents in the USA. Internationally we match parental leave standards in your area
• Complete transparency: Everyone has full access to business metrics and financial information about the company
• Regular offsites: While we are a remote-first company and build our communication, processes, and structures with a dispersed workforce in mind, we also love getting the team together. On a recurring basis, we fly the whole team out to an exciting destination to plan, bond, and innovate