Backend Software Development Engineer (SDE)

About Us:
Phyllo is a data gateway that allows social data to be accessed from source platforms (e.g. YouTube, Twitch, Upwork, Shopify, Twitch, etc.). We build the underlying infrastructure that connects with every creator platform, maintain a live data feed to the systems used by these platforms to manage creators’ data, and provide a normalised data set so that businesses can use creators’ data in a simple yet impactful way.

About the role:
Description: As a Backend Software Engineer - 1 & 2, you'll contribute to building core product experiences and infrastructure for our data aggregator platform, impacting millions of creators daily. This high-impact role requires a strong collaborator to work with product, design, and engineering teams, building next-generation creator products and core platform experiences end-to-end.

What you'll be expected to do:

• Write code and tests, build prototypes, resolve issues, and analyze bottlenecks
• Design robust APIs to support any clients
• Manage and optimize scalable distributed systems in the cloud
• Optimize API for performance and scalability
• Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met, and allow for regression testing
• Produce quality code, raising the bar for team performance and speed
• Recommend systems solutions by comparing the advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchased alternative

You’ll be a good fit if:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2-6 years of experience in backend development.
• Excited to design and build backward compatible REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with Python programming languages. Knowledge on Reactjs is a plus
• Detailed problem-solving approach and knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis.
• Having the ability to write clean, effective code is a must and drill deep on technical implementation.
• Self-driven to identify opportunities to make things better and efficient.
• Ability to work in high growth and rapidly scaling startups.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Passion for designing and deploying high performance, highly scalable distributed systems with extensive monitoring and logging practices.
• Passion for driving continual improvement initiatives on engineering standard methodologies like coding, testing or monitoring.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write detailed technical documents.
• Cross-collaborating with multiple teams to drive impact.
• Understanding of distributed storage and database systems (SQL or NoSQL).
• Ability to decompose complex problems into clean, extensible, performant services and systems.

What we offer:
Hybrid Working Environment: Work both from the office and remotely as needed for a better work-life balance.
Flexible Hours: Choose to work in the hours you feel the most productive.
Innovate and Evolve: We’re building a high-growth, high-autonomy culture. We rely less on job titles and more on cultivating an environment where anyone can contribute, the best ideas win, and personal growth is driven by expanding impact and less by title.