Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own the full-stack architecture for payments inside a high-scale dental SaaS platform.
• Build resilient systems that help thousands of practices collect revenue reliably across North America.
• Provide technical leadership: define architecture, break down projects, mentor engineers, and run high-quality design/code reviews.
• Build and scale backend services and REST APIs using Python and Django, with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas, indexing, transactions, and query performance; manage migrations with SQLAlchemy + Alembic.
• Strengthen delivery: build/own CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, automated testing, deploys, and safe rollback strategies.
• Improve runtime efficiency and throughput using Redis caching and Nginx reverse proxying.
• Partner with Product and Operations to translate payment/business requirements into technical plans and shipped outcomes.
  
  

• 7-10 years building production web backends and REST APIs with Python and Django.
• Proven technical leadership (mentoring, setting standards, design reviews, code reviews).
• Strong PostgreSQL skills: schema design, indexing, transactions, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with SQLAlchemy + Alembic (models, migrations, and schema versioning).
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows (gated testing, release automation).
• Practical experience with Redis (caching/eviction patterns) and Nginx (secure reverse proxy, high throughput).
• Working understanding of NoSQL patterns and when to use them alongside relational databases.
  
  

• Payment gateway integrations (e. g., Stripe, Adyen).
• Cloud-native delivery with Docker/Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code within CI/CD.
• Observability experience: metrics, logs, tracing, and performance/reliability improvements.