Software Developer, Back End

Business Unit: Company 3

Position: Software Developer, Back End

Location: Santa Monica, CA (Remote)

* Pay Range: $94,000 - $141,000 USD annually

Company 3, including its various business units and family of brands, provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre‑vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post‑production finishing, marketing/trailers, live‑action production, experiences, and more.

The Software Developer (back end) will take ownership of complex problems and sees them through to resolution. She/he will work independently on challenging technical projects and be someone who drives solutions from concept to deployment.

The Software Developer will be responsible for developing and maintaining Python applications and services, writing clean, testable, and well‑documented code, and debugging and optimizing existing systems for performance. They will also be responsible for the following:

• Collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver solutions
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions

The ideal candidate will have advanced Python development experience, and expert‑level proficiency with web frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, among others. They must have strong experience with both synchronous and asynchronous programming patterns, hands‑on experience with Postgre

SQL, Mongo

DB, and Dynamo

DB, and they must bring production experience with AWS native services (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, SQS, SNS, etc.). Additional desired skills include:

• Working experience with distributed task frameworks (Celery or similar)
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Strong testing mindset with experience in unittest and pytest
• Proficiency with version control (Git)
• Excellent problem‑solving and communication skills
• Self‑driven with strong ownership mentality and follow‑through
• Ability to work independently and drive solutions end‑to‑end
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloud Formation) is a plus
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, ECS/EKS) is a plus
• Experience with event‑driven architectures is a plus
• Familiarity with observability tools (Cloud Watch, Data Dog, etc.) is a plus

Company 3, including its various business units and family of brands, provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre‑vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post‑production finishing, marketing/trailers, live‑action production, experiences, and more.

Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.

It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the Company's HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or otherwise need any accommodation or support in order to participate in the application process.

* The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range may be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue‑based metrics, applicable law, and business or organizational needs.

The benefits for eligible part‑time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full‑time employees in the US include a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off. The benefits for…