Cube is hiring a Remote Senior Backend Engineer

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.