Software Engineering
Staff Backend Engineer
New York, NY
$226,000 to $287,000 a year
The employer is an applied machine learning company serving insurance and financial services clients.
Our New York office is growing, and we need a Staff Backend Engineer who can set technical direction from day one. You will work closely with a collaborative software engineering group and report to the software engineering manager. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is on site at our New York location.
What you’ll do
- Build asynchronous processing with message queues and streaming systems
- Design and operate APIs and data pipelines that power customer-facing products
- Improve test coverage and release safety for critical services
- Write design documents and weigh trade-offs with the wider engineering group
- Model data and tune queries for PostgreSQL and other data stores
- 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
- Experience operating services in a cloud environment
- Experience building back-end services in Go, Java, Python or a similar language
- Strong understanding of relational data modeling
- A track record of leading projects from scope through delivery
Nice to have
- Experience with infrastructure as code
- Background in high-throughput or low-latency systems
Compensation and benefits
The pay range for this position in New York, NY is $226,000 – $287,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off plus paid company holidays
- Annual performance bonus
- Commuter benefits
- Employee assistance program
- Annual professional development and certification budget
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.
