Cube is hiring a Remote Senior Backend Engineer to join our Engineering team. This role carries meaningful ownership and influence across both the team and the product, focusing on evolving large, long-lived codebases under real business constraints.
What You'll Do
- Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Customer Success teams.
- Help shape not just systems, but how we work as an engineering organization.
- Thrive in complex systems and take pride in evolving large, long-lived codebases.
What We're Looking For
- 6+ years of professional backend engineering experience, with significant time in Python and Django.
- Expert-level knowledge of Django Core and Django REST Framework, including a deep understanding of the request/response lifecycle.
- Deep experience with relational databases at scale (PostgreSQL and/or MySQL), including indexing strategies, locking behavior, and transactional integrity.
- Strong comfort operating in AWS, with practical experience using services like RDS, SQS, S3 lifecycle policies, and debugging IAM/VPC networking issues.
- Experience working in large, existing codebases, not just greenfield development.
- A proven track record of delivering well-designed, well-tested, performant systems in an agile, remote-first environment.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong fundamentals in algorithms and data structures, and how they behave at scale in real systems.
Technical Stack
- Languages & Frameworks: Python, Django, Django REST Framework
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL
- Infrastructure: AWS, RDS, SQS, S3, IAM, VPC
Team & Environment
You'll report to one of our Engineering Managers.
Benefits & Compensation
- 100% covered employee medical, dental, and vision insurance options, including FSA/HSA options plus free memberships to OneMedical, Teladoc, and Talkspace.
- Flexible paid vacation and sick/mental health time guidelines.
- Stock options to all full-time employees.
- 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for the birthing parent.
- Quarterly learning budget to spend on books, classes, or events that support your development.
Work Mode
This role operates in a hybrid work mode.
Cube is an equal opportunity employer.
