Skip to content
ForaForaNew York, NY

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer building and scaling the advisor portal, booking systems, and integrations for a travel tech platform. Requires 5+ years backend experience with strong Python skills.

155k – 225k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and prioritize the roadmap
  • Build the travel advisors application responsible for new advisor onboarding, searching and booking travel, and managing advisor itineraries and client interactions
  • Focus on performance, architecture, clean design, and clean code principles
  • Collaborate with engineers to define end-to-end engineering solutions
  • Own epics and be responsible for the entire solution including design, implementation, and delivery

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
  • 5+ years experience in backend web development
  • 3+ years experience with Python using Django, Flask, or alternatives
  • High API and distributed systems design skills
  • Experience with relational database ORMs

Nice-to-Haves

  • AWS experience
  • Kubernetes experience

Benefits

  • Unlimited vacation
  • Health Insurance (including an option completely covered by Fora)
  • Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Wellhub Memberships
  • 401k plan with company match
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Stock Options

Skills

PythonDjangoFlaskAPI DesignDistributed SystemsRelational DatabasesOrmsAWSKubernetes
Fora

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI

ForaNew York, NY

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer building and scaling AI-driven products including MCP tools, agent orchestration, evaluations, and observability for non-deterministic LLM systems on a Django backend.

155k – 225k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Fora

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Finance

ForaNew York, NY

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer building and scaling advisor payment systems, including booking ingestion, commission collection, payouts, reconciliation, and fintech integrations using Python and distributed systems.

155k – 225k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Grafana Labs

Staff Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | US | Remote

Grafana LabsUnited States

Senior backend engineer focused on building and operating distributed systems for Pyroscope's continuous profiling database, handling profile ingestion, queries, and cloud-scale reliability. Requires strong distributed systems and Kubernetes experience plus proficiency in Go or similar languages.

154k – 185k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
MongoDB

Staff Software Engineer - Query Execution

MongoDBNew York, NY +1

Develops and optimizes MongoDB's core query execution engine, converting logical plans to efficient physical operators for transactional and analytical workloads. Requires 10+ years in query engines/database internals, C++ expertise, and technical leadership.

151k – 297k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Shield AI

Staff Software Engineer, C++ Software Integration (R4017)

Shield AIWashington, DC

Leads architecture, implementation, and integration of high-performance C++ and Python systems in distributed, real-time simulation environments. Requires 7+ years C++ expertise, Linux proficiency, CI/CD tools, and systems integration experience.

151k – 226k/yr
On-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering