Senior Back End Engineer [Remote-US]

Quanata's Veterans Job Board; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 763,000 - 1,095,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Headspace app subscription

Wellness stipend

MacBook Pro provided

Home office setup allowance

Job summary

Quanata, LLC is seeking a Senior Back End Engineer to design, build, and maintain core services powering Quanata’s products. You will own complex features, shape architecture, and mentor others in a remote-first US environment.

The role emphasizes scalable back end systems, data workflows, APIs, databases, observability, and platform reliability, with strong collaboration and security practices. Salary reflects seniority and market norms.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of backend or full-stack software engineering experience.
• Experience designing, developing, debugging, and deploying high-performance client/server systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain client-facing and internal APIs.
• Architect data flows across backend services and third-party systems.
• Lead complex features from concept through deployment and ensure reliability.

Skills

Go

Python

Ruby

TypeScript

C#

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Go

Job description

Join our celebrated community of veterans! We encourage all qualified veterans to explore current career opportunities specifically curated for our qVets community. These postings represent our commitment to veteran hiring and offer a chance to join a team that values your experience, discipline, and dedication. We look forward to welcoming you to our organization and supporting your continued growth and success.

The Role

As a Senior Back End Engineer, you’ll design, build, and maintain the core services and infrastructure that power Quanata’s products and business operations. You’ll develop scalable back end systems, connect data and machine learning workflows, and help ensure the platform remains performant, reliable, and secure.

You’ll take ownership of complex product features from design through deployment while contributing to architecture, data flows, APIs, databases, observability, and platform reliability.

As a senior individual contributor, you’ll also have the opportunity to shape technical decisions and support other engineers through mentorship, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.

Your Day-to-Day

• Design, develop, and maintain client-facing and internal APIs that support product and business functionality.
• Architect and orchestrate data flows across back end services, applications, and third-party systems.
• Design and manage database schemas and data storage solutions that support scalable applications.
• Lead the design, development, and delivery of complex product features from concept through deployment.
• Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and contribute to software quality and reliability.
• Evaluate, integrate, and support third-party services, tools, and platforms.
• Improve system architecture, performance, observability, security, and reliability.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and knowledge sharing across the engineering team.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 6–8 years of experience in back end or full-stack software engineering roles.
• Working knowledge of the Go programming language, and professional experience developing applications and services using Go, Python, Ruby, TypeScript, or C#
• Experience designing, developing, debugging, and deploying high-performance client/server systems that support business-critical applications.
• Experience with database technologies and messaging systems, including evaluating and selecting solutions based on business and technical requirements.
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and modern CI/CD practices.
• Knowledge of software security principles, testing methodologies, and engineering best practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Demonstrated initiative, accountability, and ownership of technical outcomes.
• Ability to mentor and support the growth of other engineers.

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with technologies used by the team, including GraphQL, gRPC, Postgres, Mongo, Snowflake, Kafka, Python, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.
• Experience in a financial sector such as insurance, banking, or investing.

Salary: $195,000 to $280,000*

*Please note that the final salary offered will be determined based on the selected candidate's skills, and experience, as well as the internal salary structure at Quanata. Our aim is to offer a competitive and equitable compensation package that reflects the candidate's expertise and contributions to our organization.

• Benefits : We provide a wide variety of health, wellness and other benefits.These include medical, dental, vision, life insurance and supplemental income plans for you and your dependents, a Headspace app subscription, monthly wellness allowance and a 401(k) Plan with a company match.
• Work from Home Equipment : Given our virtual environment— in order to set you up for success at home, a one-time payment of $2K will be provided to cover the purchase of in-home office equipment and furniture at your discretion. Also, our teams work with MacBook Pros, which we will deliver to you fully provisioned prior to your first day.
• Paid Time Off: All employees accrue four weeks of PTO in their first year of employment. New parents receive twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave which may be taken within one year after the birth and/or adoption of a child. The twelve weeks is applicable to both birthing and non-birthing parent.
• Personal and Professional Development: We’re committed to investing in and helping our people grow personally and professionally. All employees receive up to $5000 each year for professional learning, continuing education and career development. All team members also receive LinkedIn Learning subscriptions and access to multiple different coaching opportunities through BetterUp.
• Location : We are a remote-first company for most positions so you may work from anywhere you like in the U.S, excluding U.S. territories. For most positions, occasional travel may be requested or encouraged but is not required. Some positions might require travel per the job description provided to the employee. Employees based in the San Francisco Bay Area or in Providence, Rhode Island may commute to one of our local offices as desired.
• Hours : We maintain core meeting hours from 9AM - 2PM Pacific time for collaborating with team members across all time zones.

Quanata, LLC is an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

This role is employed by Quanata, LLC which is a separate company in the State Farm family of companies.

If you require a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to your Talent Acquisition Partner for assistance.