Software Engineer (Backend)

Team: Software Engineering

Location: Boston, MA

Commitment: Full-Time

Workplace Type: hybrid

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive the architecture and implementation of Lendbuzz's core platform to ensure high scalability and system reliability as the company grows

• Build and maintain Python backend services behind RESTful APIs and event-driven (Kafka) workflows

• Modernize legacy architecture: migrate our core platform to containerized AWS services and split out domain microservices, rolling them out safely with canary releases

• Improve CI/CD and developer experience: faster test runs, better deploy workflows, and smoother releases

• Strengthen reliability through monitoring, health checks, autoscaling, and well-run scheduled jobs and data pipelines

• Work with product and platform teams to unblock delivery and make shared systems easier to build on

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

• 5+ years of production backend software development experience, with proficient Python expertise

• Self-driven, adaptable, and creative problem-solver who thrives in a dynamic, fast-changing environment — able to independently tackle complex technical challenges and production issues while collaborating seamlessly within a team

• Proven track record designing scalable microservices and complex event-driven architectures using Kafka and RabbitMQ or Temporal

• Familiarity with agentic development workflows and AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar), and an interest in applying them to real engineering work

• Deep technical fluency with relational databases (PostgreSQL, AWS RDS), cloud infrastructure (AWS), container management (ECS/K8s), and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

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