# Member of Technical Staff, Back-end & API

**Company:** [Parallel](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/parallel)
**Location:** Palo Alto, CA, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $300k/yr
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Databases, API Design, Backend Development, Scalability, Maintainable Code
**Posted:** 2025-08-13

> Builds and maintains high-scale backend systems handling millions of daily requests and stewards developer-friendly APIs. Requires deep expertise in distributed systems, databases, scalable design, and API ergonomics.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and maintain backend that handles millions of custom requests daily.
- Ensure backend is reliable, performant, and exceeds customer expectations as we scale.
- Steward the API to make it developer-friendly and easy to integrate.

## Requirements
- Deep intuition on **distributed systems**, **databases**, **maintainable code design**, and **API design**.
- Ability to reason about trade-offs between speed, scalability, and developer ergonomics.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous equity
- Visa sponsorships
- 401K plans
- Daily lunch & office snacks
- Dinner at the office
- Unlimited vacation
- Caltrain pass reimbursement

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