Company Name: True Footage Job Details: $160k-$180k/yrRemoteFull,Time Job Url: https://hiring.cafe/viewjob/w92663ooi8asxgs6 Job Description: Posted 1w agoSoftware Engineer 4 (BE)@ True FootageView All JobsUnited States$160k-$180k/yrRemoteFull TimeResponsibilities:Build backend, Ship features, Improve performanceRequirements Summary:Senior backend engineer with years of production Python, FastAPI, Postgres experience; strong API, containerized cloud deployments, and collaboration with product/frontend partners.Technical Tools Mentioned:Python, FastAPI, Postgres, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud ROLE SUMMARY  True Footage is looking for an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join our small, highly effective engineering team. You’ll work on the core backend systems that power appraisal workflows and consumer home valuations under the KBB Homes brand.  This role is ideal for a senior, hands-on engineer who enjoys shipping real production software, improving existing systems, and working closely with product and frontend partners. You’ll join a small backend team supporting a revenue-generating SaaS product, where individual contributions have a visible and lasting impact.  We’re a remote team building pragmatic, customer-focused software using Python, FastAPI, Postgres, and containerized cloud infrastructure. COMPANY INFORMATION  True Footage is a real estate valuation company reinventing how the world values, buys, and sells homes. Our services and software solutions focus on delivering high-quality and accurate results for appraisers, lenders, and consumers. ROLE DESCRIPTION  Build, test, and ship backend features end-to-end using Python and FastAPI  Develop and evolve API services that support our web applications and internal systems  Work closely with product managers and frontend engineers to translate requirements into reliable backend solutions  Debug and resolve production issues, taking ownership from investigation through fix and follow-up  Improve the reliability, performance, and maintainability of existing services through thoughtful refactoring and incremental improvements  Design and implement Postgres migrations and data model changes with an eye toward safety, backwards compatibility, and performance Contribute logging, metrics, and other observability improvements as part of normal development  Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to maintain a high bar for quality and clarity  Remote-first, primarily US-based team Small engineering group with a high degree of trust and autonomy Focus on pragmatic solutions, steady delivery, and improving real customer workflows Emphasis on collaboration, ownership, and sustainable software over novelty  YOU BRING  Several years of professional experience building and operating backend services in production Strong experience shipping Python-based APIs, ideally with FastAPI Solid working knowledge of relational databases, especially Postgres Comfortable writing migrations Familiar with query performance and indexing concepts Experience deploying and running containerized services in cloud environments Ability to work effectively in a shared codebase and collaborate closely with other engineers Comfortable handling ambiguity and helping shape solutions in partnership with product and design Strong sense of ownership and responsibility for the software you ship Curious and engaged about both technical systems and product requirements, with an eye toward understanding underlying goals and tradeoffs in each Clear, thoughtful communicator in a remote team environment NICE TO HAVE Experience with background jobs, task queues, or data processing workflows Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and making incremental improvements to them Experience adding or improving observability (logging, metrics, tracing) Exposure to domain-heavy or data-intensive products Experience working on small teams supporting revenue-generating SaaS products  EEO STATEMENT True Footage is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.