Backend Engineer - Remote

Overview

Standard Metrics, formerly known as Quaestor, is an automated financial collaboration platform that helps investors and founders to move faster together and make better, forward-facing decisions. We're a full-time team of product builders, investors, and optimists, rebuilding investor relations from the ground up. Standard Metrics is backed by 8VC and Spark Capital along with other leading software VCs and angels and is currently a trusted resource for many of the top venture capital firms in the world.

In Short

• Design, architect, and build Standard Metrics’ core platform initiatives
• Collaborate with the product team to scope and define the features that will best help the company achieve outcomes aligned with our goals and our values
• Lead the design, implementation, and management of scalable and secure infrastructure solutions
• Architect and manage complex Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ensuring maintainability and scalability
• Design, build, and optimize robust CI/CD pipelines to automate and streamline deployment
• Integrate advanced deployment strategies such as blue-green deployments and canary releases
• Architect and optimize AWS cloud environment with a focus on high availability and disaster recovery
• Implement and manage enterprise-level monitoring, logging, and alerting systems
• Lead the implementation of security best practices, including automated security testing, vulnerability management, and incident response strategies
• Mentor and guide product engineers in best practices and advanced methodologies

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience in Python
• 2+ years of experience in DevOps, System Administration, or related role
• Experience with AWS cloud platforms, including advanced services and architectures
• Proven expertise with containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
• Deep experience with version control systems, notably Git, and familiarity with branching strategies and best practices

Benefits

• Health and dental insurance: We cover you and your family's medical/dental/vision insurance 100% in the USA. Internationally we match local health coverage for you and your family.
• Flexible vacation: Take time off when you need it! We find most employees take 3-4 weeks in addition to holidays, but there are no firm rules. We trust our employees to know what's best for them.
• Paid parental leave: 12 weeks of paid leave for all new parents in the USA. Internationally we match parental leave standards in your area.
• Complete transparency: Everyone has full access to business metrics and financial information about the company.
• Regular offsites: While we are a remote-first company and build our communication, processes, and structures with a dispersed workforce in mind, we also love getting the team together. On a recurring basis, we fly the whole team out to an exciting destination to plan, bond, and innovate.