Python API Development Lead

March 5

🏄 California – Remote

Although this job is listed in California, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

Although this job is listed in Colorado, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

+17 more states

🏄 California – Remote ⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🦌 Connecticut – Remote 🐊 Florida – Remote ⚜️ Louisiana – Remote 🏖️ New Jersey – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🌲 Oregon – Remote 🦀 Maryland – Remote 🍂 Massachusetts – Remote 🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote 🌴 South Carolina – Remote 🎸 Tennessee – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote 🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

💵 $160k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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The Motley Fool

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The Motley Fool is a financial services company founded in 1993 by brothers Tom and David Gardner. It aims to make the world smarter, happier, and richer by helping millions of people attain financial freedom. The Motley Fool offers premium investing solutions, free market analysis on its website Fool. com, personal finance education, podcasts, and manages the non-profit Motley Fool Foundation. The company provides guidance on stock market news, investing strategies, retirement planning, and personal finance products, striving to empower investors through refreshing, engaging, and fun financial content.

investor advice • stock market news • premium subscriptions • stock rating service • marketing

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1993

💸 Finance

📱 Media

📚 Education

💰 $25M Private Equity Round on 2009-11

📋 Description

• The Motley Fool is seeking a lead in developing APIs and microservices using Python and Python-based frameworks such as FastAPI, Django, or Flask. • You will be actively coding with cutting-edge technologies, as well as leading a team of engineers to develop and enhance the microservices that power our customer-facing investing data and tools. • If you're passionate about problem solving, software engineering, and leading teams to excellence, this role puts you at the forefront of innovation at one of the most respected names in financial media. • Key Responsibilities: • Lead the development of The Motley Fool’s investing microservices. • Oversee systems and data vital to our investing products, websites, tools, and subscribers. • Integrate with various third-party providers and tools. • Collaborate with the product owner and project manager to prepare the team with well-defined work, value, and acceptance criteria. • Conduct regular one-on-one meetings with direct reports. • Review code, assess contributions, and optimize delivery flow regularly. • Promote professional development and career growth opportunities for team members. • Partner with multiple in-house teams and external providers to launch customer-facing solutions. • Utilize AI tools like Claude or GitHub Copilot to support the team.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in building, delivering, enhancing, and maintaining APIs consumed by multiple systems using Python-based frameworks like Django, FastAPI, or Flask. • Experience in performance optimization (e.g., async processing, caching, queuing, query optimization). • Proficiency in system monitoring and telemetry. • Experience working with relational databases, ORMs, and SQL. • Skillful in developing full-stack web applications. • Ability to translate business goals and requirements into technical solutions. • Demonstrated success within high-performance teams where cross-functional collaboration is valued. • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible, remote work environment (*see our open states above) • No “vacation policy” (not to be confused with a “No vacation” policy) • Generous fully-paid parental leave • $1,000 annually to invest in stocks of your choice • Super low premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage • Comprehensive compensation package, including company equity