Advanced Data Systems Developer

Senior Backend Engineer Job DescriptionWe are seeking a skilled Senior Backend Engineer to help scale our platform and build the infrastructure that powers the next generation of product intelligence. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend services that process high volumes of data reliably and efficiently.You will work closely with our AI/ML team to integrate AI capabilities into production systems efficiently, while ensuring high availability and rapid incident response through effective monitoring, alerting, and observability systems.In this role, you will also contribute to security best practices including authentication, authorization, and secure credential management, as well as participate in architecture decisions and help establish engineering standards as the team grows.Responsibilities:Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services that process high volumes of data reliably and efficiently.Develop and optimize event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing pipelines.Build and improve APIs that power our dashboard, integrations, and external developer SDKs.Implement robust data storage patterns for multi-tenant SaaS, ensuring performance, security, and isolation.Collaborate with the ML/AI team to integrate AI capabilities into production systems efficiently.Design monitoring, alerting, and observability systems to ensure high availability and rapid incident response.Contribute to security best practices including authentication, authorization, and secure credential management.Participate in architecture decisions and help establish engineering standards as the team grows.Debug and resolve production issues across distributed systems.Write clean, tested, maintainable code and participate in code reviews.Requirements:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.5+ years of backend engineering experience, with significant work on production systems at scale.Strong proficiency in Python or similar backend languages.Experience with cloud platforms and serverless architectures.Solid understanding of NoSQL databases, data modeling, and query optimization.Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.Familiarity with event-driven architectures, message queues, and asynchronous processing patterns.Understanding of security fundamentals: authentication, encryption, secrets management.Ability to work independently and drive projects to completion in a fully remote environment.Preferred Skills:Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms.Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines.Experience integrating with third-party APIs and OAuth flows.Knowledge of cost optimization strategies for cloud infrastructure.Experience with billing systems and subscription management.Background in processing text data or working alongside ML/NLP systems.Familiarity with observability tools and distributed tracing.Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to engineering culture.About This OpportunityThis is a unique opportunity to own critical backend systems that directly impact product quality and customer experience. You will have the flexibility and autonomy of a fully remote position with competitive compensation.As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will work on interesting challenges such as high-volume data processing, AI integration, and real-time alerting. You will join a small team where your architectural decisions shape the platform's future.Our platform helps thousands of product teams understand their users better, and we're looking for someone who can help us take it to the next level.