Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

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💎 Seniority level: Staff, 10+ years

📍 Location: United States

💸 Salary: 189000.0 - 243000.0 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Software Development

🏢 Company: Prefect👥 51-100💰 $32,000,000 Series B almost 4 years agoCloud Data Services Open Source Big Data Data Integration Software

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 10+ years

🪄 Skills: AWSPostgreSQLPythonGCPC++Data engineeringGoGrafanaRedisRustMicroservicesSaaS

Requirements:

10+ years in backend engineering roles
5+ years with Postgres and Redis or similar
5+ years with monitoring technologies like Grafana or Datadog
5+ years with a major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
Robust experience in asynchronous Python and systems programming languages (Go, C/C++, Rust) preferred

Responsibilities:

Architect, build, and scale Prefect’s SaaS platform
Lead technical decision-making for backend engineering projects
Collaborate with teams to define and implement new features
Provide technical mentorship and guidance

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