ARTA is a logistics technology company re-architecting high-end global commerce. We aim to make light work of heavy tasks, and are crafting technology that not only protects the world’s precious goods, but also enables elevated commerce experiences for users and merchants alike.
We are a small, curious, resourceful team dedicated to making a big difference in a complicated industry. Every obstacle is seen as an opportunity for creative problem solving, and we don’t draw lines between roles and departments. We all take responsibility for designing the best solutions for our users, whether they be our internal operations team, our merchants, or our logistics partners.
ARTA is backed by notable VCs like Notation Capital as well as key players in our industry including Sotheby’s, David Zwirner Gallery and Rashid Johnson to name a few. We have validated we can produce results for both our merchants and logistics partners, now it’s time to push the industry even further.
We are looking for a senior back-end engineer to join our team. You will be working closely with our tight-knit product development team to implement services and systems for our own platform as well as integrations with 3rd party systems via our robust API.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Collaborating with product and design to inform decisions from the earliest stage of feature explorations
Architecting and delivering technical product features and services for our users and partners
Working with front-end engineers to integrate internal and external APIs into client side
Actively contribute to our development ecosystem by carefully choosing tools, methodologies, and people
Setting and continuously improving performance and reliability goals
REQUIREMENTS:
3+ years of professional experience building applications in a Python framework such as Flask or Django
5+ years building back-end API systems, including technologies such as REST, OAuth2 and integrations with 3rd party services
Understanding and professional use of an ORM
Strong technical knowledge and deep understanding of time/maintainability/quality trade-offs
Experience with unit testing
Excellent communication & collaboration skills
Self-motivation and an ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Experience with a relational database (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.) and SQL language
B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience preferred
BONUS POINTS:
Familiarity with React/Redux
Experience with pytest
Experience with Docker/Containerization
Experience with Ubuntu/Linux systems
DevOps knowledge/comfort
Interest in logistics/operations
Constantly exploring new technologies