Software Engineering
Staff Backend Engineer
Escondido, CA
$207,000 to $263,000 a year
The employer is a robotics company building autonomous systems for warehouses and agriculture.
As a Staff Backend Engineer with the employer, you will set technical direction and help shape how the software engineering team works. This position is based in Escondido, CA. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is hybrid, with three days a week in our Escondido office.
What you’ll do
- Build asynchronous processing with message queues and streaming systems
- Own services end to end, including deployment, monitoring and on-call
- Design and operate APIs and data pipelines that power customer-facing products
- Model data and tune queries for PostgreSQL and other data stores
- Write design documents and weigh trade-offs with the wider engineering group
- Improve test coverage and release safety for critical services
- Mentor junior engineers and review their work
- Set technical standards and guide decisions across multiple projects
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience
- Strong understanding of relational data modeling
- Experience building back-end services in Go, Java, Python or a similar language
- Clear written communication for design reviews
- A track record of leading projects from scope through delivery
Nice to have
- Background in high-throughput or low-latency systems
- Experience with Kafka or other streaming platforms
Compensation and benefits
The pay range for this position in Escondido, CA is $207,000 – $263,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Paid professional licensing and society memberships
- Life insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings account with employer contribution
- Annual performance bonus
The employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
