Senior Backend Engineer

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Nova).

Key Responsibilities

• Independently drive large-scale backend projects across multiple stakeholders and teams
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to deliver features that improve usability, scale, and customer value
• Own the full lifecycle of features from discovery and design to implementation, deployment, and support

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience, ideally in a SaaS environment
• A track record of leading projects with multiple contributors and stakeholders
• Proficiency in modern backend languages Scala and/or Java preferred
• Experience working with distributed systems and databases such as Elasticsearch, Postgres, Redis, or CockroachDB
• A product-minded approach comfortable working closely with PMs and designers