Junior Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Junior Backend Engineer to support backend integrations, API development, and data pipeline work. The role focuses on building reliable connections between internal systems and third-party vendor APIs, maintaining backend services, writing tests, and supporting production-ready software delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain backend API integrations with third-party platforms
• Work with Python and FastAPI or similar backend frameworks
• Create vendor credential adapters and integration workflows
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable backend code
• Develop and maintain tests and fixtures for backend features
• Work with REST APIs, authentication, retries, and error handling
• Use Git and GitHub for daily development and pull requests
• Collaborate asynchronously through Slack, GitHub, and documentation
• Support backend data pipeline and ingestion gateway development

Requirements:

• 1–3 years of software development experience
• Strong Python 3.x experience
• Experience working with REST APIs and backend integrations
• Basic SQL knowledge, including joins and indexes
• Git and GitHub experience
• Good written English communication skills
• Comfortable using AI coding assistants such as Claude, Copilot, or Cursor
• Stable internet connection and own laptop

Nice to have:

• FastAPI or Flask experience
• Docker or docker-compose experience
• PostgreSQL experience
• pytest or similar testing framework
• Cloud experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure
• Webhook, OAuth, or data pipeline experience

This is a remote full-time role. The selected candidate will work closely with the automation and backend team to build production-ready integrations and backend services.