Staff Software Engineer

Staff Backend Engineer | NYC | Up to $280k + Equity

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We're working with a well-funded Series B scale-up that's raised over $60m and grown to more than 100 employees. They're hiring a Staff Backend Engineer to take a leading role in designing, building and scaling complex distributed systems and core backend infrastructure.

This is a highly technical, hands-on position for an engineer with a strong track record of designing and scaling complex production systems, who can drive architectural decisions and influence engineering direction across the organisation.

You'll join a small team of 3 senior engineers within a wider engineering organisation of 50, responsible for building and scaling the core backend systems that support the business, with significant autonomy and ownership.

What you'll be working on

• Leading the architecture and development of complex, large-scale distributed systems.
• Designing high-volume data ingestion pipelines and processing architectures.
• Building scalable asynchronous systems, including event-driven workflows, queues and background processing.
• Architecting high-throughput APIs, database systems and data models.
• Designing reliable messaging, notification and external integration infrastructure.
• Setting technical direction, making key architectural decisions and mentoring senior engineers.
• Identifying and addressing scalability, reliability and performance challenges across core backend systems.

What they're looking for

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record operating at Staff Engineer level or equivalent.
• Extensive experience architecting and delivering complex, large-scale backend systems in production.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous architectures and high-throughput data processing.
• Strong proficiency in at least two of TypeScript, Python and Go.
• Experience designing systems across SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Demonstrated ability to make high-impact architectural decisions and drive technical direction independently.
• Strong hands-on engineering skills, with a preference for building and shipping rather than purely overseeing architecture.
• Regular use of AI coding tools as part of your development workflow.

What's on offer

• Up to $280k base + equity.
• Lower Manhattan, NYC (hybrid – 3 days/week).
• Fully covered healthcare option. xhqgsiq
• Unlimited PTO.
• Annual learning and development allowance.