Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Atticus
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $157,250 - $230,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own significant backend systems end-to-end: set and hold a high bar for architecture, design, implementation, and production health.
- Partner closely with product and design to shape requirements, not just implement them — we trust your intuitions and want you to have opinions
- You’ll bring 0-to-1 product thinking to an area where your work has a tangible impact on our client’s wellbeing.
- Mentor engineers on the team, with particular emphasis on backend patterns
- Work across the stack as needed, everything from frontend UI work to data systems.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building production software, including meaningful time at a seed-stage startup or as an early member of a new product team at a later-stage company
- Experience on a high-performing product team, working closely with strong PMs and designers to ship user-focused solutions
- Experience designing and operating reliable, scalable backend systems and APIs, with a high bar for data modeling and architecture
- Deep user empathy — you think carefully about the people using what you build, not just the technical implementation
- A track record of mentoring engineers and genuine excitement about helping teammates grow
Benefits
- Medical and dental insurance with 100% of employee premiums covered
- 15 vacation days and ~20 paid holidays per year, including two weeks at end-of-year
- Free OneMedical membership
- $600/year internet stipend
- $1,000/year education and training reimbursement
- Up to $1,200/year student loan repayment assistance
- 401(k) and optional HSA/FSA
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
backend systemsarchitecturedesignimplementationproduction healthAPIsdata modelingscalable systemsuser-focused solutionsmentoring
Soft Skills
product thinkinguser empathycollaborationcommunicationteamworkleadershipproblem-solvingcritical thinkingcoachingsupporting growth