Winston Artory Group

Staff Backend Software Engineer

Winston Artory Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSAzureDistributed SystemsDockerETLGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaKubernetesPostgresPythonTerraform

About the role

  • Own the entire backend architecture from day one—make the critical decisions on frameworks, databases, infrastructure, and patterns
  • Define technical standards and best practices for code quality, testing, documentation, and deployment
  • Lead system design for complex problems involving data ingestion, LLM orchestration, and real-time analytics
  • Mentor and guide future backend engineers as the team grows (you'll likely hire and lead 2-3 backend engineers in your first year)
  • Evaluate and adopt new technologies that improve velocity, reliability, or capabilities
  • Build and scale core backend systems to ingest, clean, and serve structured data at scale
  • Design clean, performant APIs to power our client portal, data tools, and internal services
  • Integrate and orchestrate LLM APIs (e.g. OpenAI, Claude, open-source models) for use in appraisal automation, data extraction, and insight generation
  • Architect event-driven systems and asynchronous pipelines (queues, pub/sub) for reliability and scale
  • Own our infrastructure including CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and IaC (Terraform, AWS)
  • Co-own technical vision with Head of Engineering: collaborate daily on architecture, technical roadmap, and engineering standards
  • Partner closely with CPO and product team to shape roadmap based on technical feasibility and effort
  • Collaborate with data and frontend engineers to define APIs, contracts, and integration patterns
  • Work with company leadership (Head of Engineering, CPO, President) on technical strategy, hiring, and long-term platform vision
  • Communicate technical decisions clearly to non-technical stakeholders

Requirements

  • 7+ years of backend engineering experience with at least 2+ years in a technical lead, staff, or principal role at a high-growth startup or product company
  • B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Proven track record of mentoring engineers, leading technical initiatives, and making architectural decisions that scale
  • Expert in Python with deep understanding of performance, concurrency, and design patterns
  • Strong database expertise (PostgreSQL or similar) including query optimization, schema design, and data modeling
  • Hands-on experience with LLM/AI integration in production systems—you've shipped features using OpenAI, Anthropic, or open-source models
  • Deep knowledge of distributed systems including event-driven architectures, message queues, and async patterns (Celery, Kafka, SQS, etc.)
  • Production experience with AWS (or GCP/Azure) including compute, storage, networking, and managed services
  • Strong DevOps fundamentals: Docker, Kubernetes/ECS, Terraform, CI/CD, monitoring/observability
  • Data engineering fluency: ETL/ELT patterns, data lakes vs. warehouses, pipeline orchestration
  • Mindset: You balance pragmatism with technical excellence —you know when to move fast and when to invest in infrastructure
  • You have a bias toward simplicity and can articulate tradeoffs clearly
Benefits
  • A Welcoming Team
  • Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick days, and holidays
  • Paid parental leave (maternity, paternity, adoption, leave)
  • Paid volunteer days to encourage community involvement
  • Collaborative, innovative, and inclusive company culture
  • Employee recognition and appreciation programs
  • Team-building activities and social events
  • Health, Wellness, and Benefits
  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, and vision) with employees covered 100%
  • On-site in our NY HQ fitness center and sauna
  • Generous leave policies, including bereavement and reproductive loss leave
  • Opportunities for continuous learning and training
  • Mentorship programs and leadership development initiatives
  • 401(k)
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Snacks in the office

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
backend engineeringPythondatabase expertisePostgreSQLLLM integrationdistributed systemsevent-driven architectureDevOpsETLdata engineering
Soft skills
mentoringleadershipcommunicationcollaborationtechnical decision-makingpragmatismsimplicityarticulating tradeoffs
Certifications
B.S. in Computer Science