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Staff Backend Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
125 days ago
Salary
$225K - $265K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Backend Engineer
Socure
• Provide technical leadership by designing and implementing complex core components and distributed systems • Conduct code and architecture reviews to ensure alignment with Socure’s standards and industry best practices • Drive the planning, execution, and delivery of large, complex initiatives, coordinating work across a small team of engineers and effectively managing scope, timelines, and resources • Provide technical guidance, supporting system design efforts, and fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement • Proactively propose new projects, identify opportunities to enhance platform performance, reliability, and developer productivity • Help evolve Socure’s engineering practices and standards
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 8–12 years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects
- Expert-level programming skills and mastery of software engineering principles
- Strong experience designing and building scalable, distributed systems
- Ability to develop complex systems while guiding architectural decisions for a team
- Deep understanding of system design, performance optimization, and reliability
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Offers Bonus
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