Senior Backend Application Engineer - Product & Platform
Remote-USFull-TimeSenior
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Required Skills
- PythonMongoDBTypeScriptGoMicroservicesDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on web services and ETL systems
- Proven track record scaling high-volume, data-intensive systems
- Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud architectures
- Familiarity with containerization, orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines
- Proficiency in Typescript, Mongo, Go, Python or ability to quickly learn applicable languages
- Previous experience with commercial software products (SaaS and on-prem) that support 3rd party/external customers
- Experience working in early stage technology (B2B SaaS) startups
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment
- Strong experience with MongoDB in particular and other data stores as well (bonus)
- Experience with or general familiarity with AI/ML, LLMs, & model tuning (bonus)
- Background or experience in infosec, red teaming, or broader cybersecurity concepts (bonus)
- Experience with other FOSS and Commercial SDLC security and DevSecOps tooling including SCA, DAST, SAST, etc. (bonus)
Responsibilities
- Architect and build robust, fault-tolerant web and ETL services that scale to high throughput
- Act as a key communicator, bridging gaps between teams and clarifying technical concepts
- Identify and implement improvements in system performance and processes
- Design and build new features for the Manifest platform
- Architect and implement scalable web services and ETL pipelines
- Design high-performance systems that efficiently handle 10K's+ transactions/sec
- Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize existing systems and integrate new technologies
- Develop robust monitoring, testing, and deployment strategies for mission-critical services
- Define and maintain the high standards of our engineering culture and help recruit/onboard colleagues
- Work closely with product management, designers, and other engineers
- Resolve issues together quickly and collaboratively
- Communicate internally and externally on what we’re building and why it’s special
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