
Senior Software Engineer – Backend
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design, build and scale the systems that power our publishing platform
- Establish and enforce repeatable, scalable engineering patterns
- Lead development for backend services and integrations
- Work alongside a small, senior-leaning team
- Collaborate with customer-facing teams and peers
- Work in areas outside of your usual comfort zone and show motivation for learning
Requirements
- 5+ years in full-stack or backend development
- 3+ years writing production React applications
- Deep experience with serverless backends
- Hands-on with CI/CD, observability and performance tooling
- Strong proficiency in SQL
- Experience as a senior engineer at a company with <100 engineers
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of projects
- Self-motivated with a strong drive to work in a startup environment
Benefits
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Flexible PTO
- Remote-first culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
full-stack developmentbackend developmentReactserverless backendsCI/CDobservabilityperformance toolingSQLproject ownershipstartup environment
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationmotivation for learningself-motivation