Senior Backend Engineer (Python)
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Requirements
• We would love to have you on our team if you: • Minimum 5+ years of practical backend development work experience with Python • Have architected, built, and deployed scalable, performant, and highly available web services in production on AWS or similar platforms, and can apply architectural patterns and best practices to new and existing products • Write code that is highly maintainable, extensible, well-tested, and easy-to-understand • Have an affinity for automating busywork and diving into the details to fix problems at the root • Have a pragmatic entrepreneurial attitude and delivery-focused mindset: you understand tradeoffs between short-term goals and long-term tech debt and focus on delivering what’s most important • Solid computer science fundamentals and design patterns • Experience with Python web server frameworks, such as FastAPI • Experience working within a regulated environment • Experience with one or more of the following: PCI DSS compliance, data labeling and curation workflows for multimodal or unstructured datasets, dataset generation for model training, cross-functional collaboration with Science and Research teams to define data schemas and label taxonomies, and development of E2E ML training pipelines • Experience supporting internal and external security and regulatory audits • Experience in deploying infrastructure to different environments • Experience in building efficient, scalable database schemas and/or query optimization • Experience working asynchronously across time zones
Responsibilities
• Own high quality solutions from design to production, including testing, monitoring, and documentation, while helping shape best practices across the engineering lifecycle • Proactively tackle ambiguous problems, reducing their complexity into clear, simple, and actionable solutions with stakeholder alignment • Ensure all solutions meet the latest security, privacy, and regulatory standards • Drive architectural improvements to scale the platform, evolve our infrastructure, and support new product capabilities. • Collaborate effectively in a globally distributed, diverse, and cross-functional team, adapting as Oura evolves and new opportunities emerge.
Benefits
• At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health. • Competitive salary and equity packages • Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources • An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family • 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off • Paid sick leave and parental leave • Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. • Region 1 $162,000- $203,000 • Region 2 $150,000- $187,000 • Region 3 $139,000- $174,000 • A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location. • We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI) • Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. • We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. • Disclaimer: Beware of fake job offers!We’ve been alerted to scammers posing as ŌURA recruiters, especially for remote roles. Please note: • Our jobs are listed only on the ŌURA Careers page and trusted job boards. • We will never ask for personal information like ID or payment for equipment upfront. • Official offers are sent through Docusign after a verbal offer, not via text or email. • Stay cautious and protect your personal details. • To all recruitment agencies: Oura does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Oura employees, or any other organization's location. Oura is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.