Associate Backend Engineer

Job Description Who We Are

At Bluehost, we believe all small businesses deserve the opportunity to succeed online. Our mission is to give small businesses the confidence to think big. We're the all-in-one platform for small businesses to grow online with powerful simplicity, premium performance, smart tools and human support.

Hosting is the engine room of Bluehost, the systems that keep millions of small-business websites online, every day. This is a strong entry point for an engineer who wants to build real fundamentals in Python, Linux, and MySQL while working on infrastructure that matters at real scale, on a team investing heavily in modernization and AI-assisted engineering.

• Build and maintain backend services, internal tools, and automations in Python
• Support Linux-based production systems: navigating services, reading logs, and troubleshooting day-to-day operational issues
• Write, and test MySQL queries against production-scale data, building query-optimization skills along the way
• Use AI across the delivery lifecycle – coding, debugging, tests, and ramping on unfamiliar code – and review what it generates before you ship it, checking it against the codebase rather than trusting it on sight
• Pair with senior engineers to turn requirements into well-tested, maintainable, production-ready code
• Participate in code reviews, sprint ceremonies, and team documentation, building habits that scale as you grow
• Help troubleshoot and resolve production issues alongside the broader Hosting team, learning incident response as you go

Work-life balance.Meaningful work, balanced by a culture that respects your time.

A culture of belonging.We celebrate what makes each of us different, with 20+ affinity groups connecting employees globally.

We care about you.Excellent Health, HSA, Dental, Vision, Matching 401K, Life/AD&D/STD/LTD, Tuition Reimbursement, Pet Insurance, and generous PTO.

Where can we take you?Mentorship, new challenges, and real career growth. Unfold new possibilities #OTOD!

Employment with Newfold Digital is at-will and nothing in this Job Description should be interpreted or construed to alter the at-will employment relationship.

This Job Description includes the essential job functions required to perform the job described above, as well as additional duties and responsibilities. This Job Description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee performing this job may be required to perform. The Company reserves the right to revise the Job Description at any time, and to require the employee to perform functions in addition to those listed above.