Software Developer, Back End

Company3 • Santa Monica, CA

13d • $94,000 - $141,000 • Remote

About The Position

Company 3, including its various business units and family of brands, provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more. The Software Developer (back end) will take ownership of complex problems and sees them through to resolution. She/he will work independently on challenging technical projects and be someone who drives solutions from concept to deployment.

Requirements

• Advanced Python development experience
• Expert-level proficiency with web frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, among others
• Strong experience with both synchronous and asynchronous programming patterns
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB
• Production experience with AWS native services (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, SQS, SNS, etc.)
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Self-driven with strong ownership mentality and follow-through
• Ability to work independently and drive solutions end-to-end

Nice To Haves

• Working experience with distributed task frameworks (Celery or similar)
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Strong testing mindset with experience in unittest and pytest
• Proficiency with version control (Git)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, ECS/EKS)
• Experience with event-driven architectures
• Familiarity with observability tools (CloudWatch, DataDog, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining Python applications and services
• Writing clean, testable, and well-documented code
• Debug and optimize existing systems for performance
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions

Benefits

• comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off
• retirement
• select insurance benefits
• health benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed