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Staff Backend Engineer – New Products

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 11-50H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

New York

Posted

89 days ago

Salary

$200K - $235K / year

8 yrs expEnglishCloudDistributed SystemsEC2PostgresPython

Job Description

• Help bring an entirely new suite of capabilities into our product • Build quick prototypes and prepare polished feature demos that showcase what’s possible • Iterate rapidly, test ideas early, and embrace a 'move fast and break things' mindset to explore new opportunities • Experiment with features that can expand total addressable market, validate assumptions, and turn promising concepts into practical, shippable solutions • Join a small, high-ownership group with the autonomy to drive innovation and directly influence how AI transforms an entire industry

Job Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with time spent building features from the ground up
Embody hustle and grit, you're excellent at your craft and relentless in pursuing it
Take full ownership of your work and drive projects to completion with minimal oversight
Communicate proactively, surfacing blockers, asking the right questions, keeping stakeholders in the loop
Thrive on experimentation: you're comfortable testing ideas, measuring results, and iterating quickly on problems no one has solved before
Have strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving
Know Python (our main stack), though we're open to strong candidates from other OO backgrounds
Have experience with serverless technologies (Lambda, EC2), asynchronous workflows, and cloud environments
Are comfortable with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL
Bonus: experience with LLMs/generative AI, distributed systems.

Benefits

Competitive salary (based on experience level)*
Significant equity options package
Work with an ambitious, smart, global, and fun team to transform a $1T global industry
20 days of PTO a year
Global team offsites
Gym reimbursement
Phone reimbursement
Student stipend.