Senior Backend Engineer - Python, Webframeworks, SQL, MySQL, Postgres - Resy

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WHO WE ARE:

Resy is a hospitality technology platform that powers restaurants around the world and a consumer-facing reservation platform for passionate diners. Since its inception in 2014, Resy has created best-in-class software that elevates dining experiences and connects restaurants to a growing network of highly engaged diners, with the powerful backing of American Express. Resy is a go-to destination for restaurant discovery, exclusive access, original content, and chef-driven culinary events. The amazing world of restaurants is just two taps away in the Resy app and at Resy.com.

Resy is the American Express global dining platform. Our mission is to power the world’s best restaurants, using technology to imagine the future of hospitality. We serve 16,000 restaurants globally.

Our customers discover the amazing world of restaurants thanks to our content-rich website and innovative mobile app. Our diners are insiders, and we love having them at the table.

We’re hiring, too. Interested in joining our team of restaurant-obsessed explorers? Right this way.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

At Resy, we are tackling hard problems with elegant solutions and scaling very quickly. As a Senior Engineering Manager, leading our offshore development team, you will play a crucial role in directly delivering on items Resy measures itself by. You will be directly responsible for leading a development team, breaking down roadmap tasks in partnership with Product, providing a second set of eyes to code reviews and mentoring both Senior and Junior Engineers. Strong written communications are critical to the success of this team. The ideal candidates can work quickly and collabratively to deliver pristine work. You thrive in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment, are comfortable challenging the status quo and are passionate about what technology is doing for the hospitality industry.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer, preferably in a fast-paced startup environment.
• 2+ years leadership experience in a complex technical environment and/or comparable experience.
• Hands-on engineer with expertise in developing complex, large scale enterprise applications.
• You are comfortable working with stakeholders outside the Engineering team including our Product, Sales and Account Management teams.
• You are well versed in breaking down and communicating technical requirements, technical project plans and technical specs from product requirements.
• Establish and accept responsibility for engineering practices within the team for example the code review, build and release process and the effectiveness of the retrospective

You have strong expertise with the following:

• Python Web frameworks
• MySQL / Postgres
• Implementing and monitoring APIs at scale
• Documenting systems design
• AWS - EC2 / RDS / S3 / SQS
• Unit / Functional Testing

BIG PLUS IF YOU HAVE:

• Project management skills
• Dev-ops experience
• Kafka / Celery / Flask / Django / Supervisord / MongoDB
• SQL Performance tuning
• Payment systems experience
• Websockets experience
• You enjoy at least one of the following things: shishito peppers, uni, or creme anglaise

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

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• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

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