Senior Backend Engineer (Python) Job at SmileDirectClub
Job Type: Full-Time Overview:
We believe it takes someone special to make a difference, and that what we do positively affects the way people see and share themselves. There’s a reward in knowing you’re bringing about change for the better, and that your personal experience helps you create the best experience for others. That’s why we value our Team Members as much as our Club Members. We believe there’s a piece of us in every smile we make. And that great companies are built person by person. Here’s how:
Winning as a Team. Mentoring you forward works – because when you win, we all do.
Balancing for stability. Your physical, mental and emotional well-being matter.
Encouraging the real you. Bring your true self to work – so you can do your best work and feel your best with us every day.
Let’s make smiles happen – starting with yours.
We're searching for a Senior Backend Engineer, reporting to the Director, AI & Machine Learning who will help people worldwide to smile more, building novel solutions to problems never before solved. As the AI team, our focus is on the transformational products that many think are impossible. Responsibilities:
SmileDirectClub is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, disability, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, age, veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. SmileDirectClub is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations@smiledirectclub.com. Internal Team Members may contact the Benefits team for reasonable accommodation requests.
Hi, we’re SmileDirectClub, and we’re big believers that everyone should have access to a smile they love. We also believe that you deserve a job you’ll love. At SmileDirectClub, you’ll help people change their lives – and in doing so, change your own.
We believe it takes someone special to make a difference, and that what we do positively affects the way people see and share themselves. There’s a reward in knowing you’re bringing about change for the better, and that your personal experience helps you create the best experience for others. That’s why we value our Team Members as much as our Club Members. We believe there’s a piece of us in every smile we make. And that great companies are built person by person. Here’s how:
Winning as a Team. Mentoring you forward works – because when you win, we all do.
Balancing for stability. Your physical, mental and emotional well-being matter.
Encouraging the real you. Bring your true self to work – so you can do your best work and feel your best with us every day.
Let’s make smiles happen – starting with yours.
We're searching for a Senior Backend Engineer, reporting to the Director, AI & Machine Learning who will help people worldwide to smile more, building novel solutions to problems never before solved. As the AI team, our focus is on the transformational products that many think are impossible.
- Enjoy what you work on and how you work on it, and care that people on your team feel the same way. We believe that this is the best way to achieve great results for everybody.
- Lead promoter of software engineering best practices. Working with ML engineers to improve best practices and build fast, reliable, and maintainable code. Help ensure that all on our team can do their best work.
- Work with our interdisciplinary team to build end-to-end prototypes to prove out the more ambitious visions.
- Architect and build cloud infrastructure to efficiently and cost-effectively run various Python and TypeScript micro-services.
- Develop backend services as needed to create fully functioning prototypes
- The items here might be as different as choosing a technology to run computation (e.g lambda vs batch), choosing proper instance type for a workload, hacking third-party libraries to support custom data types, writing a BFF for a customer facing mobile app or handling some business event from another bounded context.
- Collaborate with other teams across the company to productize successful prototypes and POCs.
- Tech Stack: Python, AWS (Batch, Lambda, S3, EventBridge, etc...), Docker, Terraform, Typescript and GitHub Actions
- Strong experience in server-side programming languages (Python strongly preferred)
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
- Good understanding of databases (SQL, NoSQL, etc.) and experience with database management and optimization.
- Experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS strongly preferred) and infrastructure as code.
- Strong knowledge of web technologies (HTTP, REST, etc.) and experience with building and integrating RESTful APIs.
- Experience with micro-services architecture and building scalable, highly available systems.
- Good understanding of security principles and experience with securing applications and data.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices such as continuous integration and deployment, containerization, and monitoring.
- Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, ability to work with cross-functional teams.
- Medical, Dental, Vision insurance including Domestic Partner coverage and company funded HSA
- Unlimited/Flexible Time Off for Full-Time salaried employees
- Work from home flexibility and fully remote work culture
- Eligibility to participate in Yearly Bonus, subject to business performance
- Eligibility for RSU Equity Grant Package
- Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, including one Flexible Holiday offered per year for team members to take time to celebrate key holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k with company match and financial planning resources
- TMSPP (Team Member Stock Purchase Program)
- Generous Aligner & Oral Care Discount and annual allowance for Friends & Family
- SmileWell wellness program focused on a holistic health approach, including no-cost Team Member Assistance Program offering free mental health and other various services
- Discounted Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Collaborative work environment and positive culture including work/life balance initiatives
- Opportunities to grow within a fast-paced, innovative company
SmileDirectClub created the first end-to-end solution for your smile. An estimated 85% of people could benefit from orthodontic care, yet only 1% receive it each year with convenience and cost being the biggest issue. SmileDirectClub exists to help bridge that gap.
Since our founding in 2014, SmileDirectClub has helped more than 1.8 million people transform their smiles through our pioneering telehealth platform for orthodontia. We’re an international oral care leader, with hundreds of SmileShops, a nationwide network of hundreds of affiliated state-licensed dentists and orthodontists and Partner Network offices across all 50 states, and thousands of Team Members across the globe.
What is SmileDirectClub? Link here.- How it works. Link here.
- What are our customers saying? Link here.
- What is our culture like? Link here.
- Check out our Linkedin profile, culture page, Partner Network page, Costa Rica culture page.
- Follow us on Instagram @smiledirectclubcareers
- Want to learn more about our innovation portfolio at SmileDirectClub? Check out: Our Innovation | SmileDirectClub
SmileDirectClub is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, disability, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, age, veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. SmileDirectClub is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations@smiledirectclub.com. Internal Team Members may contact the Benefits team for reasonable accommodation requests.
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