Apiphany

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer

Apiphany

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San FranciscoCaliforniaUnited 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