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Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Base+commission
Reviewed: Wed, Sep 30, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Focused on building core backend services and distributed systems, the full-time Senior Backend Engineer will take vague problem statements to production, designing and deploying reliable APIs and data pipelines while working remotely.

Key responsibilities
  • Prototype and deploy backend services and APIs in Python for the core platform
  • Design and scale distributed systems to ensure reliability and performance as data and user volume increase
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver customer value and build necessary frontend components using React
Required qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in shipping production backend services with strong Python skills
  • Proven experience in building and scaling distributed architectures in production environments
  • Demonstrated ability to take ambiguous problems from concept to deployed product
  • Experience with data-heavy systems and cloud-native services, preferably on AWS
  • Frontend experience, ideally with React, to complete feature development

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