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In this role you'll focus on building features and integrations with partner systems while acting as a subject matter expert and mentor for our engineering team. Expect heavy use of external APIs to pull data, as well as designing and delivering APIs that both receive data from and push data to external sources. You'll work with large datasets, perform hands-on coding, and keep our services reliable and fast.\nIn this role you'll be called on to support multiple product teams to uphold sound architecture, high code quality, and on-time delivery. You'll be a trusted go-to reviewer for SQL and Django ORM changes, set clear standards for database and service performance, and guide design and trade-off decisions that keep the platform scalable.\nThis posting is for an existing vacancy (backfill).\nMinimum Requirements\n6+ years of professional experience with a strong record in software development, testing, software design, and architecture.\n\nAdvanced SQL expertise beyond an ORM user. Comfortable reading DB queries, designing indexes, tuning complex joins, and refactoring queries for reliability and speed.\n\nStrong Python and Django experience building production services and APIs.\n\nExperience as a gatekeeper for database performance in code reviews and in debugging sessions.\n\nExperience with MySQL and/or Postgres.\n\nExperience with CircleCI.\n\nExperience with Docker.\n\nProven ability to troubleshoot and debug production code using logs, metrics, and traces.\n\nExperience addressing performance and optimization problems with a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent issues.\n\nExperience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.\n\nTrack record of effective mentoring and knowledge sharing.\n\nExperience with B2B API integrations.\n\nNice to have: Experience with Celery, RabbitMQ, and OTEL. A degree in Computer Science or a related field is a plus.\n\nRole Responsibilities\nServe as one of the owners for application and database performance. Review pull requests with an eye for query cost, indexing, and data access patterns, and drive improvements across the codebase.\n\nOwn external API integrations and data exchange. Build and maintain reliable partner connectors, including authentication, rate limiting, and retries. Design and evolve internal and partner-facing APIs.\n\nDesign and ship backend features and services in Python and Django with predictable latency and high reliability.\n\nDiagnose production issues, lead debugging sessions, and improve observability using logs, metrics, and traces.\n\nProactively identify performance risks, create plans to eliminate them, and coach the team on best practices to prevent regressions.\n\nMaintain strong automated test coverage and clear documentation that support safe changes and fast delivery.\n\nMentor engineers through pairing, design reviews, and actionable feedback that raises the standard of the team.\n\nContribute to architectural discussions and solutioning to ensure scalable and effective product decisions.\n\nAbout Vantage\nVantage is the first unified platform purpose-built for retail media orchestration, empowering enterprise retailers to seamlessly activate onsite, offsite, and in-store advertising. With a global presence in North America and Asia-Pacific, Vantage enables retailers to launch and grow their media networks through scalable technology and automated workflows, and is trusted by leading retailers like The Home Depot to power their retail media programs.\nFor a closer look at what we do, our culture, and our benefits, check out our about us and careers pages.\nRemote-First, Based in Toronto\nVantage is proudly headquartered in Toronto, but we’re a remote-first team spread across North America (and beyond). Our flexible work philosophy means team members can thrive from wherever they do their best work-whether that’s from a home office, a local café, or while adding stamps to their passport. With a remote-friendly setup, home office support, and annual company retreats, we stay connected, collaborative, and energized-no matter the time zone.\nVantage’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\nVantage Analytics is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. 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