Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Software Engineer (primarily backend)

Description

As a Senior Engineer, you own significant portions of projects, clarify semi-defined problems, turn them into plans and requirements, and ship end-to-end. You will build and deploy scalable backend services and APIs, integrate third-party systems, and contribute to technical design for systems, schemas, and pipelines. The role is primarily backend with occasional work in a modern frontend codebase and practical use of AI/agentic capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy scalable backend services and APIs for global brands.

• Resolve incomplete or ambiguous specifications into clear requirements, tasks, and time-to-complete estimates.

• Participate in technical design of systems, schemas, and pipelines; provide guidance on architecture and infrastructure decisions.

• Integrate third-party APIs and systems and define service contracts for frontend teams and other services.

• Perform code reviews and give constructive feedback to raise the team’s engineering bar.

• Surface technical blockers, risks, and client-facing issues early.

• Advocate for best practices in testing, security, performance, and CI/CD.

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, marketing, sales, and finance; help create demo and presentation content.

• Apply AI and agentic capabilities to real client work; contribute reusable templates, prototypes, and guidance.

• Share learnings internally and, when possible, through articles or talks.

Requirements

• Proven experience building and maintaining production-level backend systems used by real people.

• Strong proficiency in Python.

• Experience designing and integrating APIs and third-party systems.

• Solid working knowledge of database platforms (SQL and NoSQL).

• Enough familiarity with modern frontend development (preferably Angular and TypeScript) to read code, review PRs, and debug across the stack.

• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (Google Cloud preferred; AWS or Azure also welcome).

• Daily, real-world use of GenAI productivity tools (Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Codex) in the development workflow.

• A working understanding of core LLM concepts and where they fit.

• Fluency with Git, Agile processes, and CI/CD tooling.

• Ability to research independently and know when to ask for help.

• Track record of delivering in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage.

• 401k plan with matching.

• PTO and paid company holidays.

• Parental leave.