SDE 3

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (SDE III) with 6+ years of backend engineering experience to join our fast-growing team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a startup environment, has a strong sense of ownership, and can design, build, and scale backend systems from the ground up.
At Loop, you will play a critical role in shaping our backend architecture, drivingtechnical excellence, and mentoring peers, while also engaging with customers to ensure our solutions address real-world challenges in the food-tech space.
Responsibilities:
System Architecture: Design and implement a scalable backend system architecture to support current needs and long-term vision.
Drive system performance, scalability, and reliability improvements across services.
Establish engineering best practices for code quality, testing, CI/CD, and monitoring.
Collaborate closely with product and leadership to align technology strategy with business goals.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Apply first-principles thinking to solve complex technical challenges.
Challenge existing assumptions and propose innovative, practical solutions.
Evaluate trade-offs between speed and scalability, balancing short-term deliverables with long-term architecture goals.
Team and Mentorship: Provide technical mentorship to mid-level and junior engineers.
Review code and contribute to fostering a high-quality engineering culture.
Take ownership of projects, driving them from conception to deployment.
Requirements:
7+ years of professional experience building and scaling backend systems.
Deep expertise in Python, Django, PostgreSQL (or similar backend stack).
Proven ability to architect, design, and optimise backend services in production environments.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (preferably GCP), data pipelines, and orchestration tools like DBT.
Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimisation skills.
Self-starter with ownership mentality, capable of driving projects independently in a fast-paced startup setting.
Exposure to frontend technologies (React / JS frameworks) with a willingness to learn.
Experience building customer-facing products in B2B SaaS or food-tech / logistics platforms.
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and contribute to scaling engineering teams.
Strong product sense, with curiosity and passion for solving real-world customer problems.
A mindset focused on quality, continuous learning, and customer delight.

Skills
Java, Django, LLD, Python

Experience
6-10 yrs