Staff Backend Engineer

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💎 Seniority level: Staff, 10+ years

📍 Location: United States, Canada

💸 Salary: 240000.0 - 270000.0 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Software Development

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 10+ years

🪄 Skills: GraphQLLeadershipCloud ComputingSoftware ArchitectureTypeScriptAlgorithmsGoMicroservices

Requirements:

10+ years of hands-on experience
Experience as a Technical Lead
Expertise in cloud architecture and distributed systems
Ability to lead projects independently
Mentoring experience with engineers

Responsibilities:

Drive end to end execution of technical projects
Design and build resilient, large-scale systems
Write and review high quality code
Provide thought leadership and guide peers
Spearhead strategic technical initiatives

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