Associate Backend Engineer

Summary

Bluehost provides an all-in-one platform that helps small businesses grow online through hosting, tools, performance, and support. The Associate Backend Engineer will build and maintain Python backend services, internal tools, and automations while supporting Linux production systems and working with MySQL at scale. The role also involves AI-assisted development, collaboration with senior engineers, code reviews, documentation, and production incident resolution.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services, internal tools, and automations in Python
• Support Linux-based production systems: navigating services, reading logs, and troubleshooting day-to-day operational issues
• Write, and test MySQL queries against production-scale data, building query-optimization skills along the way
• Use AI across the delivery lifecycle — coding, debugging, tests, and ramping on unfamiliar code — and review what it generates before you ship it, checking it against the codebase rather than trusting it on sight
• Pair with senior engineers to turn requirements into well-tested, maintainable, production-ready code
• Participate in code reviews, sprint ceremonies, and team documentation, building habits that scale as you grow
• Help troubleshoot and resolve production issues alongside the broader Hosting team, learning incident response as you go

Skills

• 1-3 years of backend development experience
• Working knowledge of Python, including writing and testing scripts and services
• Basic Linux systems knowledge: navigating the shell, checking service status, reading logs
• Familiarity with MySQL , including basic query writing (experience with another relational database also considered)
• AI-augmented delivery: you use AI across the delivery lifecycle, not just code generation, and can say where it helps you and where you don't rely on it
• You review AI-generated code knowing its failure modes rather than accepting it as-is, and you work within the boundaries set for what customer data enters a prompt
• Genuine eagerness to learn hosting infrastructure and backend fundamentals at scale
• Bonus: exposure to REST APIs , Git workflows , or basic automation/scripting outside of Python
• Understanding of Perl or basic cPanel concepts are nice to have but not required

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 1-3 years of backend development experience
• Working knowledge of Python, including writing and testing scripts and services
• Basic Linux systems knowledge: navigating the shell, checking service status, reading logs
• Familiarity with MySQL , including basic query writing (experience with another relational database also considered)
• AI-augmented delivery: you use AI across the delivery lifecycle, not just code generation, and can say where it helps you and where you don't rely on it
• You review AI-generated code knowing its failure modes rather than accepting it as-is, and you work within the boundaries set for what customer data enters a prompt
• Genuine eagerness to learn hosting infrastructure and backend fundamentals at scale

Nice to Haves

• Bonus: exposure to REST APIs , Git workflows , or basic automation/scripting outside of Python
• Understanding of Perl or basic cPanel concepts are nice to have but not required

Benefits

• Work-life balance
• A culture of belonging
• 20+ affinity groups connecting employees globally
• Excellent Health
• HSA
• Dental
• Vision
• Matching 401K
• Life/AD&D/STD/LTD
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Pet Insurance
• Generous PTO
• Mentorship
• New challenges
• Real career growth