Staff Backend Engineer
Full-time
RemoFirst
Role Description
We are looking for a Staff Back-End Engineer with strong experience in both Python and Java to help us maintain and improve our existing Python-based systems and support the design, build, and strategic transition of parts of our backend to Java. This is a hands-on role with strong technical ownership and exposure to global-scale systems.
This role goes beyond simply implementing requirements - you’d be a real product engineer taking extreme ownership over the quality of your product, caring deeply about our customers and what’s being built. You will collaborate with international engineering, product, and design teams in a fully remote setup.
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services using our core stack (Java/Python/SpringBoot/FastAPI/Postgres/Kafka).
- Work closely with the broader cross-functional team (Product, Design, Operations, Sales) to build reliable and delightful products.
- Make pragmatic yet sustainable architectural decisions and establish domain boundaries.
- Play a pivotal role in our adoption of modern engineering practices - TDD, continuous delivery, SRE culture, API-first design.
- Upskill less senior engineers by writing quality code, leading learning sessions, and conducting code reviews.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of backend software development experience.
- Strong professional experience with Python (Django, FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks).
- Strong professional experience with Java, preferably using Spring Boot.
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL); exposure to NoSQL databases is a plus.
- Familiarity with unit testing, integration testing, and test-driven development (TDD).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern development workflows.
- Deep understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
- Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to performance and scalability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Benefits
- Fully remote role.
- Opportunity to work on global-scale systems and products.
- Exposure to international teams and modern engineering practices.
- High ownership and autonomy in a fast-growing startup environment.
- A strong culture grounded in speed, ownership, trust, transparency, customer obsession, and excellence.
- Real problems, global impact, and the chance to help redefine how the world works.
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