Senior Backend Engineer

Mulberry is hiring for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build a modern platform transforming how insurance is priced and offered at the point of sale. As a Senior Backend Engineer at Mulberry, you will be working with a close-knit team with deep experience building financial products for e-commerce.
What you'll do:

• Design, build and maintain the APIs that power the Mulberry platform.
• Design well architected, loosely coupled modules and systems
• Lead initiatives to improve engineering practices and expedite software delivery
• Partner with product in Lead in scoping work, estimation and project planning
• Partner with front-end engineers to deliver full stack solutions
• Mentor engineers to continue building a strong engineering culture and foundation

Experience we're seeking:

• 4+ years of experience working on software development teams
• Python language experience
• Flask or Django framework experience
• Relational database design, SQL, ORMs/SQLAlchemy
• Git workflow
• Unit / Integration testing
• Agile workflow

You may be a great candidate if you:

• Are passionate about writing high quality code
• Enjoy refactoring and leaving code in a better place than when you found it
• Want to make a huge impact on a brand new, innovative platform
• Are an excellent communicator
• Take pride in ownership and driving projects to completion
• Are passionate about building products
• Are great at learning something new
• Function independently with minimal oversight but also on a team

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive salary
• Equity in a rapidly growing Series B funded startup
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits
• 401k with company match
• Unlimited PTO (minimum 15 days off required)
• Paid sabbatical after 3 years of tenure
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Strong, vibrant, and fun culture, with lots of virtual outings!