Super Dispatch

Super Dispatch

Senior Backend Engineer II (Python)

Georgia · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 16 days ago
PythonJavaDjangoSpringBackend DevelopmentObject-Oriented ProgrammingData StructuresAlgorithmsSQLNoSQLPostgreSQLAWSGCPCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDAPI DevelopmentRESTKafkaRabbitMQWebSocketsLLMsRAGAgile

About the role

  • What you'll work on Super Dispatch's backend runs vehicle shipments end to end, with much of the work happening in background and event-driven flows.
  • You'll take on problems like: Architecture and refactoring - reshaping core services and data models as the product grows, and paying down tech debt without stalling delivery.

Responsibilities

  • About this role The mission of the Senior Backend Engineer is to design, build, and operate the backend services powering Super Dispatch's platform for carriers and shippers in the U.S. vehicle transportation industry.
  • Design, build, and debug asynchronous and concurrent systems - task queues, background workers, and event-driven flows - including their failure modes (retries, ordering, idempotency, race conditions).
  • Use AI coding assistants daily (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate design, implementation, tests, and docs - reviewing output critically for correctness and security, and helping set sensible team norms.
  • Own third-party API integrations - implementation, cost control, rate-limiting, and ongoing maintenance.
  • Operational Ownership Own observability tooling - dashboards, alerting, and SLA tracking for services.
  • Own subsequent post-launch support; triage customer escalations.
  • Product & Cross-Functional Collaboration Translate product requirements into technical specs and own technical scope.
  • Collect Support feedback and iterate on API usability and documentation.
  • Collaborate with Design and Frontend on API contracts and payloads.

Nice to have

  • Candidate Experience You have 7+ years of professional backend experience (10+ preferred), including time at a senior or staff level in a product-driven environment.

Skills

  • Reliable background processing - making our task and worker pipelines safe under failure so jobs aren't dropped, lost, or double-processed.
  • Endpoint and query performance - profiling and optimizing slow endpoints and database queries as data and traffic grow.
  • Our suite of tools, including the Carrier TMS, Shipper TMS, SuperPay, and the groundbreaking

Company info

  • As part of an agile team, you'll own technical decisions on architecture, APIs, and infrastructure - maintaining production excellence, communicating trade-offs clearly, and mentoring engineers.
  • The mission of the Senior Backend Engineer is to design, build, and operate the backend services powering Super Dispatch's platform for carriers and shippers in the U.S. vehicle transportation industry.
  • Great Culture - We strive for transparency and you'll work with like minded highly motivated people excited about solving complex problems Remote First Culture - We're a 100% distributed team!
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