Staff Backend Engineer

Lead the design and evolution of backend architecture, build scalable data systems and performant APIs, integrate LLM services, create reliable event-driven pipelines, own infrastructure practices, and mentor backend engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own backend architecture and decisions on frameworks, databases, infrastructure, and patterns
• Define technical standards and best practices for code quality, testing, documentation, and deployment
• Lead system design for data ingestion, LLM orchestration, and real-time analytics
• Mentor and guide future backend engineers
• Evaluate and adopt technologies that improve velocity, reliability, or capabilities
• Build and scale systems for structured data ingestion, cleaning, and delivery
• Design performant APIs for client, data, and internal tools
• Integrate and orchestrate LLM APIs for appraisal automation, data extraction, and insight generation
• Architect event-driven systems and asynchronous pipelines
• Own CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and infrastructure as code
• Collaborate on technical vision, roadmap, engineering standards, and product feasibility
• Communicate technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
• 7+ years of backend engineering experience
• At least 2+ years in a technical lead, staff, or principal role at a high-growth startup or product company
• Expertise in Python, including performance, concurrency, and design patterns
• Database expertise including query optimization, schema design, and data modeling
• Production experience integrating LLM and AI models
• Knowledge of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, message queues, and asynchronous patterns
• Production experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
• DevOps knowledge including Docker, Kubernetes or ECS, Terraform, CI/CD, and observability
• Data engineering knowledge including ETL or ELT patterns, data storage, and pipeline orchestration

Benefits

• Remote-flexible work
• Generous paid time off, sick days, and holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Paid volunteer days
• Performance-based bonuses
• Equity option grants
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with 100% employee coverage
• On-site fitness center and sauna in the New York headquarters
• Bereavement and reproductive loss leave
• 401(k)
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Office snacks