Backend Engineer (Platform Team) - Lendbuzz

Job Title: Backend Engineer (Platform Team)
Job Location: Tel Aviv
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/lendbuzz/0be2d1b3-3c6e-412f-939e-f9b10b02eb74
Job Description: At Lendbuzz, we believe financial opportunity should be more personalized and fair. We develop innovative technologies that provide underserved and overlooked borrowers with better access to credit. From our employees to our dealers, partners, and borrowers, we’ve built a company and a culture around a resolute belief in the promise and power of diversity. We value independent and critical thinking.

We are looking for an experienced, passionate Senior Backend Engineer (Platform Team) to join our growing TLV R&D location. You'll be joining the backend group to help us expand our infrastructure and add new features to the company's core product.

As a Backend Engineer in our platform team, You'll take part in our effort to improve our product, productivity, security and the ability to scale. Opportunity to make a significant impact by driving the technical direction of a high-growth company.
As a Backend Engineer, you will:
Develop and maintain policies and procedures for software development, deployment, and maintenance. Monitor cloud environments using infrastructure as code methodologies
Work closely with other development teams to ensure that our software applications meet the needs of the organization
Participate actively in code reviews to uphold high standards of quality and maintainability in software development
Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies and assess their potential impact on our organization
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
3+ years of hands-on experience in backend development, with expertise in Python
Proficiency in Python, with a solid grasp of its ecosystem and best practices
Experience developing scalable, reliable components in production environments
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
Familiarity with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
Strong analytical skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues
Experience researching, evaluating and integrating new technologies within existing codebases is a big plus.
Advantages:
Experience with Pydantic, SQLAlchemy and FastAPI
Experience researching, evaluating and integrating new technologies within existing codebases