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Senior Backend Engineer

Builds and scales foundational backend services for a commerce platform, focusing on distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure. Requires 5+ years experience with Python/Go/Rust and IaC proficiency.

180k – 250kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringOnsite5+ YOE
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About the role

Responsibilities

  • Identify, design, and develop foundational backend services that power Fal's commerce platform
  • Partner with product teams to understand functional requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs
  • Write clear, well-tested, and maintainable software and IaC for both new and existing systems
  • Analyze and improve the robustness and scalability of existing distributed systems, APIs, databases, and infrastructure
  • Conduct design and code reviews, create developer documentation, and develop testing strategies for robustness and fault tolerance

Requirements

  • 5+ years of demonstrated experience in building large scale, fault tolerant, distributed systems and API microservices
  • Expert-level programmer in one or more of Python, Go, or Rust
  • Experience designing, analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
  • Proficiency in writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Proficiency in version control practices and integrating IaC with CI/CD pipelines

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience with payment processors (e.g. Stripe) and billing systems
  • Experience with Kubernetes or containers
  • Experience building and operating data infrastructure (Kinesis, Airflow, Kafka, etc)

Compensation

$180,000 - $250,000 + equity + comprehensive benefits package

Skills

PythonGoRustInfrastructure As CodeCI/CDKubernetesStripeDistributed SystemsMicroservicesKafka

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