Backend Platform Engineer

Spin Master

. Own the API and job queues that every sticker request runs through .

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeRemote • New York • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 CA$136,700 - CA$182,300 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend infrastructure management, including API ownership, real-time system scaling, and production environment oversight. Proficient in Python and PostgreSQL, with a focus on observability, cost instrumentation, and safe deployment practices.

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PythonPostgreSQLElixirProduction Infrastructure OwnershipReal-Time System Scaling

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Hard Skills

API ManagementDatabase MigrationAutoscalingCost InstrumentationMetrics and LoggingGPU InferenceQueue-Driven SystemsRelease EngineeringIncident ReductionBackend Infrastructure Standards

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-SolvingResponsibility Sharing

Industry Keywords

ObservabilityDevice SecurityPrivacyAbuse PreventionReal-Time Connection Layer

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ElixirPostgresPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the API and job queues that every sticker request runs through
Maintain and improve the real-time connection layer for devices
Tune and extend autoscaling for holiday spikes and fleet growth
Partner with the ML Serving engineer on GPU inference
Mature observability through metrics, logs, tracing and alerts
Build cost instrumentation for requests, models and services
Own release engineering for server-side services, including safe deploys, database migrations and rollback
Partner with Trust & Safety on abuse prevention, device security and privacy
Share on-call responsibilities and reduce incidents over time
Harden, scale and establish standards for backend infrastructure

Requirements

What you’ll need

Depth in Python and PostgreSQL
Elixir experience, or real interest in learning it
Experience owning production infrastructure end to end
Experience scaling a queue-driven or real-time system through an order of magnitude of traffic growth
Comfortable being paged for systems you own
Ability to work on backend systems that are fast, safe for kids and affordable at scale

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision coverage
Retirement savings programs
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Wellness resources
Life and disability insurance
Employee assistance programs
Other company-sponsored benefits
Reasonable accommodation during the hiring process
Opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers