Join a small, senior engineering group to build, maintain, and scale our SaaS platforms. To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be comfortable with Python, have experience operating data intensive applications at scale, and enjoy engaging with cross-functional teams to understand which technical solution best delivers for our product.

The right person is a pragmatic Python engineer who thrives in high‑ambiguity startup environments and has repeatedly shipped meaningful backend systems at early‑stage companies.

You’ll report to Prefect’s Director of Engineering, Jenny.

What You’ll Do:

• Build, maintain, and scale Prefect’s SaaS platform in collaboration with engineering and cross-functional teams
• Optimize Python web applications for performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Collaborate tightly with Engineering Teams + Product, Support, and Customer‑facing teams to land solutions that deliver user value
• Exercise ownership of your work end-to-end, observe it from problem definition through prototyping, development, and deployment to production
• Participate in on‑call/incident response

Your Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering roles, with a focus on web applications and distributed systems
• Proficiency in Python, async experience preferred
• Prior experience developing and maintaining data intensive applications at scale
• 3+ years of experience with Postgres and Redis
• 3+ years of experience with monitoring technologies (Grafana, Datadog, or equivalent)
• 3+ years of experience with at least one major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Experience with AI-powered development tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codebase AI assistants, or similar)
• Self-directed – with initiative for identifying problems, tenacity to propose solutions, comfortable shipping with incomplete information in a small team, and excellent communication skills to keep colleagues updated of progress and blockers

What You’ll Get in Return:

Base Salary Ranges

• San Francisco Bay Area & NYC Metro: $194,000 – $242,000
• Washington D.C., Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle: $176,000 – $221,000
• Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, & all other U.S. metros: $172,000 – $214,000

Actual base salary within each range depends on the candidate’s location, experience, and qualifications. Please keep in mind that equity and benefits are not included in the range provided above.

Your recruiter can share more about the salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process

Perks and Benefits

We take care of our team- our benefits are top-notch so that employees can work comfortably from wherever in the world they call home. Check out some of our most exciting benefits offered below.

• Remote-first team with flexible-first culture
• Equity Stock Options
• 401(k) with 5% company match (vests immediately!)
• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Generous Parental Leave
• Life Insurance and Disability benefits
• $800 remote work stipend for whatever you need to work (food, wellness, equipment etc.)