Senior Backend

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About The Company

Lateral stands for technology excellence. We’re a profitable, award-winning design and technology company with over 20 years of experience launching bold ventures and transforming businesses. A globally distributed team of 200+ experts united by a shared purpose: the continuous pursuit of quality. Our clients come to us for results, quality and craft - and stay because we keep raising the bar.

What sets us apart isn’t just the talent of our team - it’s the way we work:

• We Have A Bias For Action & Results. We are doers - we spot the gaps, connect the dots, anticipate what’s around the corner and take action. We move fast, stay focused, and let the results speak for themselves.
• We Work On Time, On Budget, On Quality - Discipline is our edge - a commitment we make to each other, to our clients, and to the standards we hold ourselves to.
• We Care Deeply - We care about our work and about each other. Care Is A Competitive Advantage.
• Every detail matters - Every design, every line of code, every decision. Thoughtful by default.
• We Do Things Right - Integrity isn’t up for negotiation. We hold the bar high even when no one’s watching.
• We Keep Improving - Feedback fuels us, we receive it openly, and adapt quickly. Progress over perfection.
• We’re Obsessed With Agility - We chase momentum by adapting processes to fit problems, not the other way around.
• We Take Ownership - Everyone leads something here. You will have room to run with ideas and the trust to execute.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Cloud Python Engineer at Lateral you will:

• Build and maintain reliable, scalable backend systems with a focus on Python, AWS, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Design and implement APIs and batch processing jobs that serve real-world products.
• Help architect and evolve cloud infrastructure (primarily on AWS) for availability, observability, and cost-efficiency.
• Write clean, well-tested code that’s easy to understand, easy to debug, and built to last.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including ML and product to ship high-impact features and systems.
• Automate away repetitive tasks and eliminate bottlenecks with thoughtful scripting and service design.
• Support infrastructure-as-code efforts and deployment pipelines (Terraform, CDK, etc.).
• Work closely with senior engineers to make thoughtful trade-offs around performance, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Own features from spec to production, with the autonomy and support to do great work.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for backend engineers who love building clean, reliable systems and enjoy solving real problems with real code. You’ll thrive in this role if you bring:

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering
• Strong proficiency in Python for building APIs, services, or batch processing jobs
• Solid experience with AWS services (e.g. ECS, S3, RDS, SQS, Lambda, etc.)
• Proficiency in SQL Databases (Postgres)
• Experience with containerization (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
• Strong grasp of software design principles, API development and batch job design and data processing in Python
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices
• Comfort owning systems end-to-end: from design to deployment to monitoring
• A quality mindset - you value clean code, good documentation, and thoughtful testing
• Clear communication, async collaboration skills, and a proactive approach to problem-solving

Bonus points for

• Experience with DICOM specific frameworks (PyDICOM, SimpleITK, OsiriX, OHIF, Orthanc)
• Prior work in performance-sensitive or highly reliable systems
• Contributions to internal tooling, observability, or deployment automation
• Familiarity with security best practices for cloud and backend services
• Experience working with sensitive data, such as PII or PHI, in a regulated industry (e.g., healthcare, finance)

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Real Impact: You’ll work on meaningful products that make a measurable difference - from healthcare and commerce to sustainability and next-gen tech.
• Remote-First, Office Friendly: Work from wherever you’re most productive. We’re a remote-first company, but you’re welcome to drop in if you’re near an office.
• An Outstanding Team: Talented, kind, and hard-working people who care deeply about their craft and each other.
• Growth: You’ll be supported in growing your craft, exploring new paths, and stepping into greater responsibility.
• A Culture of Excellence: High-quality work delivered sustainably with no burnout or crunch.
• Variety & Stability: We’re profitable, independent, and over a decade strong with fresh challenges on every project.

This Role Might Not Be for You

We want to respect your time by being clear about what this role isn’t. Skip this opportunity if:

• You prefer a well-defined hierarchy and fixed roles.
• Distributed work and async collaboration aren’t your thing.
• Feedback doesn’t excite you; we value continuous improvement and may provide nitpicky feedback.
• Change makes you uncomfortable; priorities shift as we scale and mature.

However, if this sounds like fuel, we’d love to talk

How to apply and what to expect in the interview process

Our hiring process is structured as a sequence of steps. Moving forward is based on how well the previous step goes. We will always:

• Let you know clearly what the next step is
• Share updates and feedback wherever possible
• Invite questions if anything feels unclear

Step 1: Express Your Interest

If this sounds like your kind of team and you’re ready to bring your craft to Lateral, we want to hear from you. Please send us:

• Your resume
• A short note about what excites you about this role
• Links to your work: GitHub/Code snippets, portfolio, architecture/design docs, blog posts, or anything that shows how you think and build

Please don’t include anything sensitive or proprietary. If you’re sharing team projects, let us know what your specific contributions were. We review every application with care. If there’s a fit, we’ll reach out to schedule next steps.

Step 2: Talent Partner Conversation

Purpose: A structured discussion with our People Experience team to delve into your career trajectory, motivations, and alignment with Lateral's values.

• In-depth questions about your past experiences and decision-making processes.
• Exploration of your career goals and how they align with the role.
• Discussion about our company culture, availability, compensation and other logistics
• Motivators and demotivators.
• Your life outside coding.

Step 3: Technical interview

Purpose: Assess your technical proficiency and problem-solving abilities.

• Problem-solving exercises/questions that mirror tasks you'd encounter in the position.
• Discussions around your approach, reasoning, and solutions.

Step 4: Client interviews

Purpose: Evaluate collaboration, communication, and consultation with external stakeholders.

• Discussion around business and technical challenges from the client’s perspective.
• Explain your approach, gather requirements, ask clarifying questions, and articulate tradeoffs.
• Evaluation of how clearly you communicate solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Step 5: Operational interview

Purpose: Understand your approach to prioritizing, collaborating, shipping, and iterating.

• How you prioritize and break down work.
• How you collaborate across disciplines.
• How you handle blockers, feedback, and iteration.

Step 6: Reference Checks

Purpose: We use references to understand patterns, strengths, and context to support you.

• Provide 2–3 references who have worked closely with you.

Step 7: Offer

If selected, you’ll receive a comprehensive offer detailing compensation and other pertinent information. Our process is thorough and respectful, focusing on mutual fit. We encourage candidates to engage actively and view this as a two-way exploration.

Join us and let’s build something extraordinary.

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Engineering and Information Technology

Industries : IT Services and IT Consulting

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