Staff Backend Software Engineer
$172,000–$223,000 year
HybridSeattle, Washington, United States or Denver, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Staff Backend Software Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and delivering core backend services; lead architecture and champion best practices; mentor engineers; manage incidents; collaborate with product, DevOps, and frontend teams. Key skills and areas include strong Node.js/TypeScript expertise building scalable HTTP APIs (Express or similar), extensive AWS experience (EKS/Kubernetes, MSK/Kafka, S3, DocumentDB/MongoDB), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or equivalent), event-driven distributed systems, microservice and API contracts, observability (dashboards, traces, logs, alerts), defining SLOs, and driving engineering standards. The role emphasizes technical leadership, cross-team collaboration, designing large-scale, high-performance backend systems, and guiding teams through design decisions, reviews, and post-incident analysis. The position is described as hybrid, with offices in multiple US locations and Bangalore, India, and the posting notes a hybrid work environment.
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