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Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform

New York, NYFull-time$203k2026-10-09 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Building shared frameworks, libraries, and tooling to enable fast, safe, and reliable backend development at scale for hundreds of engineers.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Backend Platform)

Builds

Shared service frameworks, static analysis systems, developer tooling, and scaffolding used across the codebase

Domain

Fintech / Backend Infrastructure

Required skills

Go, Python, Django, gRPC, Bazel, system design, technical leadership, cross-team collaboration

Preferred skills

Experience designing internal platforms, improving developer workflows, mentoring engineers

Technologies

Go, Python, Django, gRPC, Bazel

Responsibilities

Define and lead large-scale initiatives to improve backend development systems; design long-term technical solutions for scalability and reliability; guide the evolution of core tooling; partner with engineering teams on platform improvements; mentor engineers and provide technical guidance

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence