At Bluehost, we believe all small businesses deserve the opportunity to succeed online. Our mission is to give small businesses the confidence to think big. We're the all-in-one platform for small businesses to grow online with powerful simplicity, premium performance, smart tools and human support.
Why we're hiring for this role
Hosting is the engine room of Bluehost, the systems that keep millions of small-business websites online, every day. This is a strong entry point for an engineer who wants to build real fundamentals in Python, Linux, and MySQL while working on infrastructure that matters at real scale, on a team investing heavily in modernization and AI-assisted engineering.
What You'll Do & How You'll Make Your Mark
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
Who You Are & What You'll Need to Succeed
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.
Why You'll Love Us
Work-life balance. Meaningful work, balanced by a culture that respects your time.
A culture of belonging. We celebrate what makes each of us different, with 20+ affinity groups connecting employees globally.
We care about you. Excellent Health, HSA, Dental, Vision, Matching 401K, Life/AD&D/STD/LTD, Tuition Reimbursement, Pet Insurance, and generous PTO.
Where can we take you? Mentorship, new challenges, and real career growth. Unfold new possibilities #OTOD!
Employment with Newfold Digital is at-will and nothing in this Job Description should be interpreted or construed to alter the at-will employment relationship.
This Job Description includes the essential job functions required to perform the job described above, as well as additional duties and responsibilities. This Job Description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee performing this job may be required to perform. The Company reserves the right to revise the Job Description at any time, and to require the employee to perform functions in addition to those listed above.
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