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Senior Software Development Engineer, Backend – Foundation Services

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full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $148,000 - $185,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Champion and embody our core values – **accountability**, **collaboration**, **iteration**, and **attention to detail**.
  • Perform thorough code reviews and provide constructive, actionable feedback.
  • Embrace rapid, iterative design, testing, and development to deliver value while continuously learning.
  • Demo your work regularly to teammates and peers.
  • Promote strong engineering habits, including sound development practices, security awareness, and thoughtful management of technical debt.
  • Advocate for improved standards, tooling, and processes across the team.
  • Partner with product and engineering management to shape roadmaps, plan timelines, and release features incrementally.
  • Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle, helping assess the technical feasibility of new initiatives.
  • Contribute to a positive, supportive team culture grounded in shared ownership and accountability.
  • Collaborate across Foundation Services and the wider engineering organization to deliver impactful, reliable systems.

Requirements

  • Have 5+ years of backend experience with technologies such as Python, GCP (Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub), MySQL, and Redis, and are comfortable in distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native environments.
  • Communicate clearly across remote channels and contribute thoughtfully to discussions and reviews.
  • Approach challenges with initiative and accountability, balancing pragmatism with technical depth.
  • Balance pragmatism and high standards – you know when to move fast and when to dig deeper for quality, maintainability, and scale.
  • Collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and leadership to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions.
  • Contribute to a healthy team culture through kindness, respect, and openness to feedback and diverse perspectives.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonGCPCloud FunctionsPub/SubMySQLRedisbackend developmentdistributed systemsevent-driven architecturecloud-native environments
Soft Skills
accountabilitycollaborationiterationattention to detailclear communicationinitiativepragmatismkindnessrespectopenness to feedback