Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain the backend systems that power our e-commerce marketplace. This role spans API development, data pipelines, and core product backend features.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with product managers to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Design clean, maintainable, and well-documented APIs used by engineering teams and third-party integrations
• Lead architectural design discussions and guide technical direction across backend systems
• Review pull requests and provide technical guidance on implementation decisions across the team
• Develop and support Airflow data pipelines using Python DAGs for real-time and batch processing

Requirements:

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience
• 3+ years writing production Go (Golang)
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems on GCP or similar cloud platform
• Demonstrated ability to design clean, maintainable REST and gRPC APIs
• Experience writing and maintaining Airflow DAGs in Python or similar pipeline tooling
• Experience building and operating batch jobs and event-driven systems using Kafka or similar message streaming platforms
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and service deployment
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering teams

Nice to Have:

• Experience in e-commerce or marketplace domains
• Experience with GCP-native services (e.g. BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run)

Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $59.00 - $60.00 /hour. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.

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