Staff Software Engineer Backend

You will design, build, and maintain secure, scalable backend services and APIs. You will deliver complex projects from technical design through rollout and iteration, build event-driven workflows, improve reliability and data access, and raise code quality through reviews and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, evolvable backend services and APIs
• Deliver complex projects end-to-end, including technical design, implementation, testing, rollout, and iteration
• Build event-driven and asynchronous workflows with Kafka and queue-based systems
• Own service reliability through monitoring, logging, alerting, incident response, and post-incident improvements
• Partner with Infrastructure/SRE to build and operate AWS systems
• Define and improve SQL and NoSQL data access patterns, migrations, and performance tuning
• Implement caching strategies using Redis or Memcached
• Raise code quality through reviews, documentation, testing standards, and operational readiness

Requirements

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience with Java and Spring Boot building and operating production systems
• System design, API design, data modeling, and maintainable, well-tested code
• AWS infrastructure experience, including networking, compute, storage, and managed services
• SQL database experience with Postgres or MySQL and NoSQL experience with DynamoDB, MongoDB, or Cassandra
• Kafka and message or queue system experience, including delivery semantics and failure handling
• Caching patterns and cache invalidation strategies using Redis or Memcached
• Observability practices including structured logging, metrics, tracing, and logging or monitoring tools
• Computer Science or Engineering degree, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

• Generous PTO and holiday schedule
• Parental leave
• Healthcare options
• Retirement programs
• Education reimbursement
• Commuter offset in specific locations
• Employee Resource Groups
• Company and team bonding events
• Volunteering and community initiatives