Staff Backend Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Wed, May 20, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Seeking an experienced Staff Backend Engineer, the full-time remote position will focus on designing and building scalable backend systems, contributing to server-side development, and influencing technical decisions within a high-impact engineering team.

Key responsibilities
  • Contribute to backend server-side development to ensure application scalability, extensibility, and security
  • Recognize and prioritize customer deliverables and technical debt to develop a sustainable software suite
  • Design and architect complex frameworks for applying machine learning techniques to large data volumes
Required qualifications
  • 10+ years of backend-focused experience in application programming and complex API development
  • Strong working experience with Java or Scala; additional Rust experience is highly desired
  • Proven experience in backend system design and architecture with a focus on scalability
  • Strong foundation in computer science, including data structures and asynchronous programming
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

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