Senior Backend Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects across key company-wide objectives using Perl (Version 5), Go, and Node.js.
• Write pragmatic, performant, testable code that works consistently.
• Collaborate remotely with peers to solve product issues impacting the all-in-one privacy solution.
• Mentor other engineers, supporting their career growth.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience, primarily focused on backend systems that power consumer-facing products.
• Product acumen to reason about technical tradeoffs in terms of user impact.
• Familiarity with AI agent tooling: evaluation frameworks, RAG pipelines, and prompt engineering.
• Fundamental understanding of complex data structures and algorithms.
• Data-driven analytical skills for decision-making, stakeholder alignment, and experiment-oriented delivery.
• Solid project management abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Previous experience leading and mentoring experienced engineers.

Compensation

• $178,500 USD annually and stock options.
• Compensation identical within professional levels, regardless of location.