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CompleteCompleteSan Francisco, CA

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

Builds and scales backend systems for compensation platform, owning business lines end-to-end. Works autonomously on enterprise challenges like authorization, security, and observability using Python/Django and GraphQL.

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About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own and grow entire lines of businesses end-to-end
  • Work with high autonomy in a small team of experienced product engineers
  • Scale to new countries, 10,000+ users, and enterprise customers
  • Tackle deep problems in authorization, customizability, observability, and security

Requirements

  • Senior or Staff level experience
  • Move with urgency and high agency
  • Obsessed with customer outcomes
  • Challenge the status quo

Tech Stack

Backend: Python (Django), Postgres API: GraphQL (Strawberry) Frontend: React, React Query Other: Clerk (auth), Merge (ATS/HRIS integrations), Datadog, Sentry, LaunchDarkly, GitHub, Docker, Graphite

Skills

PythonDjangoPostgresGraphQLStrawberryReactReact QueryClerkDatadogSentry
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