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Backend Engineer, Consumer Products

293k – 325kSan Francisco, CAHybrid7+ YOE
Summary

Designs and builds scalable backend services, APIs, and infrastructure for consumer products, balancing velocity and long-term scalability. Requires 7+ years experience with Python, Go, system design, and cross-functional collaboration.

About the role

In this role, you will:

  • Architect, build, and maintain high-performance, secure backend systems.
  • Design APIs, data models, and infrastructure to support evolving product needs.
  • Balance near-term development velocity with long-term maintainability and scalability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive, end-to-end solutions.

You might thrive in this role if you:

  • Have 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend systems.
  • Have a proven track record of building and scaling systems from early stage to large scale.
  • Are proficient with Python and Go, and familiar with a range of server-side technologies.
  • Have a strong grasp of system design, performance optimization, and security best practices.
  • Can reason about full-stack tradeoffs from hardware through cloud infrastructure.
  • (Nice to have) Have experience with distributed systems and cloud architectures.
  • (Nice to have) Bring a background in instrumentation, analytics, and performance tuning.
  • (Nice to have) Are familiar with hardware-cloud integrations or applied AI services.
Skills
PythonGoSystem DesignAPIsDistributed SystemsCloud ArchitecturesPerformance OptimizationSecurityInstrumentationAnalytics
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