
Senior / Staff Backend Engineer
Apiphany
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $300,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design, build, and scale the core systems that power our intelligence platform
- Own backend low-latency services and APIs that handle massive engineering data streams
- Ensure security and compliance, and architect systems for high availability and performance
- Help shape long-term architecture, mentor teammates, and establish engineering best practices for scaling backend services
Requirements
- 3-5+ years of experience designing and building distributed backend services in Python (async, data pipelines, APIs)
- Experience building data-heavy, high-throughput systems with a focus on latency, performance, and reliability
- Proven ability to build and maintain RESTful APIs for large-scale applications
- Hands-on experience with cloud deployments (GCP, AWS, Azure) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Experience building integrations with third-party APIs, SaaS tools, and enterprise applications
- Experience with CI/CD, observability, and testing frameworks
Benefits
- Base Salary: $160,000–$300,000
- Equity: 0.1%–1.0%
- Visa Sponsorship
- Hybrid work: 3 days in San Francisco office
- 401(k) plan
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage
- Snacks at the office
- Paid Time Off (PTO): Flexible vacation policy
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Pythonasync programmingdata pipelinesAPIsRESTful APIscloud deploymentsDockerKubernetesCI/CDtesting frameworks
Soft Skills
mentoringestablishing best practicescommunication