Staff Backend Engineer
Staff Backend Engineer leads design and implementation of scalable distributed systems to combat identity fraud, mentors engineers, and drives complex projects. Requires 8-12 years experience, bachelor's degree, and expertise in system design and performance optimization.
About the job
What you will do
- Provide technical leadership by designing and implementing complex core components and distributed systems, while architecting solutions for scalability, security, modularity, and long-term maintainability.
- 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, support system design efforts, and foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
- Proactively propose new projects, identify opportunities to enhance platform performance, reliability, and developer productivity, and help evolve Socure’s engineering practices and standards.
What you bring
- 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
Skills
Distributed Systems, System Design, Java, Python, Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, Kafka, Redis
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