Backend Developer
HeronAI
What You’ll Do
- Build and maintain backend systems for our ETL processes, enabling seamless data integration from tools like Excel and QuickBooks.
- Enhance the scalability, security, and reliability of our Python Flask backend, with plans to upgrade to Django.
- Optimize APIs and database queries to deliver near-instant performance, even with large data volumes.
- Collaborate with the frontend and DevOps teams to deliver features that support our customer-first methodology.
- Address codebase choke points to shorten sales cycles and improve system performance.
- Contribute to SOC 2 compliance efforts by ensuring the backend adheres to security best practices.
- Build, optimize, and maintain APIs and backend systems to ensure scalability and reliability.
- Implement secure data handling practices to align with SOC 2 compliance requirements.
- Collaborate with frontend and DevOps teams to ensure seamless data flow and performance.
- Continuously improve database performance (e.g., Postgres), ensuring efficient handling of large datasets.
- Develop robust backend testing strategies to maintain platform stability during rapid scaling.
What Makes This Role Exciting
- As one of our first hires, you’ll have the freedom to define how we build solutions.
- Choose the methodologies and tools that best meet our customers’ needs.
- Work on a high-growth platform backed by MIT, Harvard, Techstars, and Forbes-recognized innovation.
- Join us at an exciting time—we’ve grown our waitlist from 250 to 1,700 users in 10 months and recently secured $1.5M in seed funding.
- Solve critical gaps in the data analytics market and automate workflows for industries facing major workforce transformations.
Who You Are
- A professional with 5+ years of experience in backend development, specializing in Python Flask, Django, or similar frameworks.
- Experienced in building scalable and reliable systems for financial applications, ETL processes, or data analytics platforms.
- Skilled in database optimization for platforms like Postgres and managing complex queries with performance in mind.
- Comfortable working with cloud platforms like AWS, including tools like IAM, ECR, and RDS.
- Passionate about simplifying complex systems to deliver immediate value to users.
- A team player who thrives in fast-paced startup environments and is excited by the challenge of scaling a product from MVP to industry leader.
Exceptional Candidates Will Bring
- Experience working on financial data platforms, particularly those integrating Excel or QuickBooks APIs.
- A track record of improving backend stability and scalability for high-growth applications.
- Familiarity with SOC 2 compliance and ensuring system security and reliability.
- A deep understanding of the data analytics market, its challenges, and opportunities for innovation.
- A history of contributing to startup success—ideally, having been part of a scale-up or IPO journey.
- Expertise in optimizing SQL queries and managing large-scale databases like Postgres.
- Familiarity with SOC 2 compliance and secure backend development practices.
What Good Looks Like
Q1 Targets:
- Build and optimize APIs for QuickBooks and Excel, ensuring data retrieval in under 2 seconds.
- Deliver 5 pre-designed dashboard templates (e.g., AR Aging, Budget-to-Actual).
- Complete backend support for SOC 2 compliance, including secure data handling and encryption.
Q2 Targets:
- Support Xero and HubSpot integrations with at least 5 functional templates.
- Enhance database query performance for dashboards to load in under 1 second.
- Add automated data validation and cleaning processes to reduce user error rates by 30%.
Q3 Targets:
- Develop backend features to support "Ask Jules" for multi-dataset queries.
- Ensure backend APIs can handle 3,000 concurrent requests without performance degradation.
- Enable action-item generation for all dashboard gap analyses.
Q4 Targets:
- Add backend support for enterprise integrations, including SAP and Salesforce.
- Implement predictive analytics APIs for proprietary metrics like Product Market Fit and Predictive Churn.
- Achieve a system capable of supporting 5,000 users with robust performance monitoring.
Why You’ll Love Working With Us
- Be part of a company that’s saving businesses hours every week and driving smarter growth.
- Work with a team of passionate innovators who see this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the game.
- Develop alongside some of the best minds in tech, with connections to MIT, Harvard, and Techstars.
- We believe in working hard, celebrating wins, lots of ‘Fika’, and building a strong team dynamic that fosters creativity and collaboration.