Senior Backend Engineer

Join us at Gorilla and help shape the digital backbone of the energy transition. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll design and scale our data platform, powering key decisions for energy companies worldwide.

Requirements

• Expertise in Python, with a strong command of modern software design patterns, testing practices, and performance optimization.
• Extensive experience with relational databases and data modeling for high-throughput systems.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems design and the trade-offs involved in consistency, availability, and partition tolerance.
• Proven track record of working on data-intensive and high-load backends, ideally within SaaS environments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, especially AWS, and experience with infrastructure-as-code and container orchestration.
• Strong architectural intuition and ability to drive clarity in ambiguous, complex technical situations.
• Leadership experience through mentoring, leading initiatives, or shaping engineering practices across teams.
• Experience in defining and improving DevOps pipelines, observability, and platform reliability.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset—able to build alignment across stakeholders.
• Proactive and pragmatic: able to balance technical excellence with delivery impact.

Benefits

• Remote work