Senior Backend Engineer - APIs, Data, and Scale
Role summary
Seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with 10+ years of experience in SaaS product development, focusing on APIs, data, and scalability. The role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines using Python and Django. Responsibilities include translating complex data into models, ensuring performance and reliability in a cloud-based environment with CI/CD, and supporting production operations. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced settings, enjoys mentoring peers, and possesses strong problem-solving and communication skills. This is a remote position offering competitive compensation and benefits.
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Backend Engineer - APIs, Data, and Scale in United States.
This role offers the opportunity to tackle complex engineering challenges at the intersection of backend systems, data modeling, and scalable SaaS platforms. You will work on building systems that reveal how engineering teams truly operate, uncover hidden dependencies, and provide actionable insights for leaders. The role combines deep technical problem-solving with data-driven design, enabling real-time understanding of organizational workflows. You will collaborate with a highly skilled, tight-knit engineering team, shipping features rapidly in a cloud-based environment. Success in this role requires balancing pragmatic solutions with long-term system maintainability. This is ideal for a senior engineer who thrives on complexity, enjoys mentoring peers, and wants to have a measurable impact on product quality and business outcomes.
Accountabilities
In this position, you will:
- Design, plan, and implement core backend features that support scalable SaaS applications and complex data workflows.
- Build, optimize, and maintain APIs, databases, and data processing pipelines to ensure performance, reliability, and accuracy.
- Translate complex organizational and engineering data into maintainable models that capture real-world workflows.
- Rapidly deliver value to customers through automated CI/CD pipelines in a cloud-hosted environment.
- Collaborate across teams to provide technical and product expertise, communicate progress, and troubleshoot issues.
- Support production operations, ensuring high availability, monitoring, and incident resolution.
- Contribute to team culture, fostering inclusion, growth, and continuous learning.
Requirements
Candidates should bring:
- 10+ years of experience building SaaS products, with a strong focus on backend development.
- Expertise in Python and experience building production systems using Django.
- Advanced skills in relational data modeling and familiarity with columnar or alternative database technologies.
- Experience with scaling, performance tuning, and benchmarking APIs and data processing systems.
- Comfort using modern developer tools such as Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, and Kiro to accelerate development.
- Exposure to growth-stage startup environments and ability to operate effectively in fast-moving contexts.
- Strong curiosity, problem-solving skills, and the ability to ask insightful questions and drive consensus.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
- Passion for learning, mentoring, and contributing to a high-performing engineering culture.
- US work authorization; occasional travel may be required.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and performance-driven incentives.
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, and vision.
- Flexible remote work environment.
- Paid time off and company holidays.
- Opportunities to work with a highly experienced engineering team.
- Career growth and skill development in scalable SaaS systems and advanced data workflows.
- Collaborative and inclusive culture with a strong sense of humor and team spirit.
Why Apply Through Jobgether?
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
Why Apply Through Jobgether?
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