Senior Backend Software Engineer, Integrations

LeafLink is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team who is passionate about working on teams that solve interesting, large-scale problems at a rapid pace. This role will contribute heavily to the buildout and iteration of LeafLink’s existing and emerging systems, powering an ever-expanding set of product offerings. As a member of our engineering team, you will be in a position to have a direct, lasting impact everywhere that technology powers our business.

LeafLink is currently gearing up to tackle a large-scale platform overhaul that will strengthen our position as a technical leader within the industry. As such, this role has the opportunity to help shape and grow this new platform, as well as work within new and growing technologies. It’s a very exciting time to join our engineering team!

Ideal candidates for this position should possess a keen mind for solving tough problems with the ideal solution, partnering effectively with various team members along the way. They should be personable, efficient, flexible and communicative, possess a strong desire to implement change, growth, and maturity, and have a passion and love for what they do. This role comes with the opportunity to be a high performer within a department that’s fast-paced, dynamic, and quickly growing in all areas.

• Lead by example for other members of the team as a dedicated, passionate, and flexible technologist who is constantly looking for the ideal solution to a problem
• Be heavily involved in architectural decisions and the buildout of LeafLink’s new, service-oriented platform
• Help support and continue to refine our sophisticated wholesale pricing engine that considers quantity, location, customer price scheduling, and license constraints
• Be involved with critical software design decisions that will have a lasting impact on LeafLink’s platform and products
• Build integrations with our various 3rd party solutions such as state-required seed-2-sale systems for custody tracking
• Keep up to date on modern technologies and trends and advocate for their inclusion within products when it makes sense
• Work on robust inventory and warehouse management systems
• Work collaboratively with multiple agile teams to help deliver end-to-end products and features, seeing them through from conception to delivery
• Work with other team members to build and deliver industry-leading API tools that our dynamic user base have come to rely upon to power their businesses
• Be able to troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues quickly and effectively when they arise
• Provide technical guidance and help mentor engineering, QA, operations, and product staff to deliver the best possible solutions for the company
• Help define, document, evolve, and evangelize high engineering standards and best practices across multiple areas
• Move quickly and intelligently - seeing technical debt as your nemesis

• 5+ years working in a fast-paced software environment as an engineer focused on API services, supporting systems, and 3rd party vendor integrations
• Proven track record of practical, thoughtful problem solving
• Experience working on high-traffic, international systems
• Extensive experience working with Python and modern web frameworks
• Experience working in and advocating for agile environments
• Extensive experience working with relational databases and ORMs to interact with them
• Experience with queueing systems (Celery, SQS, Pub/Sub, etc)
• Familiar with software security best practices
• Advanced experience with unit testing, it’s concepts, and associated tools
• Well-versed in version control systems (Git)
• Experience building applications and working with underlying systems that work within fully containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) a plus
• An active member of the open source and New York tech community a plus
• An interest in the cannabis industry and / or the LeafLink brand

• Flexible PTO to give our employees a little extra R&R when they need it  
• Competitive compensation and 401k 
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) 
• Commuter Benefits through a Flexible Spending Account
• A robust stock option plan to give our employees a direct stake in LeafLink’s success

LeafLink’s employee-centric culture has earned us a coveted spot on BuiltInNYC’s Best Places to Work for in 2021 list. Learn more about LeafLink’s history and the path to our First Billion in Wholesale Cannabis Orders here.