# Senior Backend Engineer - Representation

**Company:** [Atticus](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/atticus)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $157k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, APIs, Data Modeling, Backend Systems, Scalable Systems, Architecture
**Posted:** 2026-03-30

> Senior backend engineer owns complex backend systems, APIs, and data architecture for tools helping law firms deliver client representation. Requires 5+ years experience, user empathy, and mentoring; Go and GCP preferred.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Own significant backend systems end-to-end: set and hold a high bar for architecture, design, implementation, and production health.
- Partner closely with product and design to shape requirements, not just implement them — we trust your intuitions and want you to have opinions.
- You’ll bring 0-to-1 product thinking to an area where your work has a tangible impact on our client’s wellbeing.
- Mentor engineers on the team, with particular emphasis on backend patterns.
- Work across the stack as needed, everything from frontend UI work to data systems.

## What We're Looking For
**Required:**
- 5+ years of experience building production software, including meaningful time at a seed-stage startup or as an early member of a new product team at a later-stage company — with clear evidence of increasing scope and ownership over time.
- Experience on a high-performing product team, working closely with strong PMs and designers to ship user-focused solutions.
- Experience designing and operating reliable, scalable backend systems and APIs, with a high bar for data modeling and architecture.
- Deep user empathy — you think carefully about the people using what you build, not just the technical implementation.
- A track record of mentoring engineers and genuine excitement about helping teammates grow.

**Bonus / Nice to Have:**
- Experience with Go.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Terraform, & Docker.
- Background in industries with complex workflows — legal, healthcare, or financial services.
- Experience building products for consumers or two-sided marketplaces.
- Experience evolving systems as teams and traffic scale.
- Interest in developer experience, internal tooling, or team process improvement.

## Salary and Benefits
Base salary range: $157,250 to $230,000, plus equity and benefits. Offer will reflect candidate experience, skills, and internal equity.

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