Remote Senior Backend Python Developer

As The Discovery and Conversion Company, our mission is to connect consumers with the world’s leading brands through data-driven content and technology.
Headquartered in South Florida with a remote-first team spanning over 15 countries, we’ve built a high-growth, high-performance culture where speed, ownership, and measurable impact drive success.
At Launch Potato, you’ll accelerate your career by owning outcomes, moving fast, and driving impact with a global team of high-performers.
Experience with containerized Python/Django (or FastAPI) services, including deployment on AWS.
Strong grasp of SQL databases, CI/CD (especially CircleCI), containerized solutions, and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).
3+ years of professional development experience using Python and deploying backend systems using Python frameworks like Django or FastAPI.
Develop, deliver, document and support robust and stable backend application features, third-party integrations and infrastructure across a breadth of services and environments.
Outcomes (Performance Expectations):
Backend Application Features & Third-Party Integrations
Support the development and implementation of backend features and integrations across both legacy and new systems.
Collaborate with senior engineers and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions aligned with business needs.
Contribute to feasibility discussions and support early-stage prototyping with guidance from peers.
Implement backend functionality with attention to performance, readability, and maintainability.
Follow team patterns and contribute to test coverage, including basic post-deployment and load testing scripts.
Escalate reliability or performance concerns and partner with senior engineers to resolve them.
Help maintain and improve application monitoring by setting up or adjusting alerts, dashboards, or logs.
Participate in debugging and resolving production issues, with support from senior team members.
Infrastructure & Deployment Support
Terraform, ECS, Lambda) under guidance.
Code Quality & Collaboration
Write maintainable, testable code using frameworks like Django and testing tools such as Pytest.
Engage in code reviews with a learning mindset and contribute to a culture of quality and shared ownership.
Build awareness of how backend systems connect to product goals and customer outcomes.
Share observations that could improve team workflows, code quality, or product performance.
Suggests improvements in tooling, deployment, or infrastructure and thinks beyond assigned tasks.
Detail-Oriented: Writes maintainable, testable code with a strong grasp of debugging principles and Python design patterns.
Seeks to understand LP’s products and business context to make informed backend decisions and support data-driven goals.
Track record of backend engineering support for Content Management Systems (CMS) preferred