Backend Engineer II (Python)

The mission for the Middle Backend Engineer is to build and improve the Financial services of the platform that serves carriers and shippers in the United States vehicle transportation industry.

• Work closely with your team (design, engineering, product, analytics) to figure out and deliver innovative solutions that will drive your team's key metric.
• Own the technical part of Product-Led initiatives inside and outside of the products.
• Document, develop, refactor, deploy, and operate APIs, customer-facing and/or internal components/interfaces that serve Super Dispatch customers.
• Communicate with QA and Support to investigate and fix bugs.

• You have at least 3-4+ years of professional experience in general, at least 1 year of which is experience working in a product-driven environment.
• You are fluent in at least one Python web framework, such as Django, FastApi, etc. and willing to build and maintain services in different Python web frameworks.
• You have a passion about algorithms and data structures
• You have experience with relational databases.
• You have an understanding of Systems Design.
• You are a constant learner, you can pick up new programming frameworks and concepts quickly.
• You care about quality and you know what it means to ship high-quality code.
• You are familiar and have experience with good engineering practices.
• You have a hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines

• You have a hands-on experience building on cloud platforms like GCP / AWS.
• You have experience in object-oriented programming languages, especially Java.
• You have a hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• You have experience designing, building and running distributed systems (e.g., microservices) in a production environment.
• You are familiar with testing tools

If you consider yourself an eager learner, a conscientious worker, and a thoughtful, kind, supportive human, you might just thrive at Super Dispatch.

To be successful, you will need a combination of problem-solving, technical, and communication skills. We expect you are:

• Thoughtful problem-solving: For you, problem-solving starts with a clear and accurate understanding of the context. You can decompose tricky problems and work towards a clean solution, by yourself or with teammates. You're comfortable asking for help when you get stuck.constraints.
• Working in production: You have experience debugging systems in production. You appreciate the skill and challenge of replacing production components with minimal user disruption. You are able to be on an on-call rotation.
• Pragmatic and business-oriented: You care about business impact and prioritize projects accordingly. You're not just going after cool stuff—you understand the balance between craft, speed, and the bottom line.
• Not ideological about technology: To you, technologies and programming languages are about tradeoffs. You may be opinionated, but you're not ideological and can learn new technologies as you go.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills - you are a great writer, speaker, and listener. You can communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Team player - you have a collaborative mindset and the ability to build positive relationships with individuals across the organization.
• Open and positive - you have the willingness to learn and are open to criticism and new ideas.
• Proactive - you act without being told what to do and regularly bring new ideas and perspectives.
• Highly motivated - you are a self-starter with a strong work ethic.
• Flexibility - you adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions, you respond positively to complexity and change.
• Sense of urgency - you thrive in a fast-paced, get-it-done environment

Within 1 month, you’ll…

• Graduate from Super Dispatch’s company-wide new employee onboarding program. You’ll get caught up with who we are, how we work, and what we're building.
• Understand the full functionality of Super Dispatch products, as well as the greater auto transportation industry and competitive landscape.
• Have knowledge on how applications run on the cloud, how the performance is measured, how development and deployment are managed.
• Understand the main parts of the codebase and have reviewed some code.

Within 3 months, you’ll…

• Collaborate on technical projects across teams within Super Dispatch.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to tackle the interesting and challenging problems for building and growing an end-to-end (vehicle) shipping platform in the United States.

Within 6 months, you’ll…

• Start expanding your involvement and work with different teams on their challenges and improvements.
• Be a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional agile team with its mission, comprised of a product manager, UX designer, a frontend engineer, and a QA engineer.

Within 12 months, you’ll…

• Be a valuable contributor of the team you work with and within Super Dispatch in general.
• Be a contributing member of the backend developer community of Super Dispatch affecting and improving our backend components across the company.

• Great Culture - We strive for transparency, and you’ll work with like-minded, highly motivated people excited about solving complex problems.
• Remote First Culture - We’re a 100% distributed team!
• Gym/Wellness Stipend - We provide a monthly stipend for gym memberships ($50/month)
• Language Classes – We offer a $150/month stipend to help you improve your English, if needed
• Generous Time Off Flex PTO policy so you can take the time you need, when you need it, as well as 6–12 weeks paid paternity leave
• Great gear – we’ll set you up for success with the right tech and help you outfit your home office, if needed.

We’re especially interested in candidates located in Eastern European or Central Asian regions.

Does this sound like you? We'd love to hear from you if so.