Senior/Staff Software Engineer

Who you are

• 7+ years building and operating backend systems in production
• Deep comfort with Go and Python, with strong experience building concurrent, high-performance systems
• Strong database fundamentals with Postgres and relational ORMs, including query optimization and schema migration strategies
• Experience building and maintaining event-driven architectures with Kafka
• Expertise designing production APIs across REST, GraphQL, or gRPC
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments (GCP and/or AWS), Infrastructure as Code via Terraform, and continuous delivery via GitHub Actions
• Operational mindset: familiarity with observability, distributed tracing, and metrics tooling in Datadog
• Strong written communication to author design docs and lead clear PR reviews
• Own a technical domain with light supervision: propose direction in writing with clear specs, take review, ship, and carry the pager for what you shipped

What the job involves

• We are hiring a Senior or Staff level Backend Engineer to join our core platform engineering group. In this high-autonomy role on a focused team, you will design, build, and scale high-throughput distributed systems that power our core backend services. You will own systems end-to-end - from API design and data modeling to deploying resilient infrastructure and monitoring performance in production
• Design, ship, and operate core distributed microservices written in Go and Python
• Build real-time event streaming and data processing pipelines using Kafka
• Architect performant, flexible API interfaces across REST, GraphQL, and gRPC protocols
• Design efficient schemas and optimize query performance for relational storage using Postgres and modern ORMs
• Provision, maintain, and scale cloud infrastructure across GCP and AWS using Terraform and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure high reliability, low latency, and operational visibility across backend systems using Datadog
• Role Progession:
• First 30 days: Onboard into our development workflow, master core platform architecture, and ship your first feature
• First 60 days: Independently own sub-systems, optimize Postgres/ORM data paths, and manage cloud infrastructure updates via Terraform
• First 90 days: Lead the design and implementation of a major event-driven or API capability end-to-end and take on-call responsibilities for platform services

The application process

• Recruiter Screen (25 min)
• Meet the Hiring Manager (30 min)
• Technical Discussion – Systems & Data Architecture (60 min)
• Practical Coding & API Design Exercise Review (60 min)
• Product Interview (30 min)
• Executive Interview (30 min)

Benefits

• Best medical plans on the market (90% employee coverage, 50% dependents)
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Life & Disability paid by the company
• 401(k) option
• Stock options
• Access to Talkspace online therapy