Remote Staff Backend Engineer, Assets & Platforms

Xapply; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Xapply is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Assets for a remote-first role in the United States. You will shape backend systems and platform capabilities, architect distributed services, APIs, and data-intensive components with a strong emphasis on reliability, security, and operational excellence.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, collaborate with product, design, data, and machine learning teams, and mentor engineers to raise the bar for code quality and system design in a

Qualifications

• Staff-level engineer with strong backend and distributed systems experience.
• Experience architecting and evolving APIs and data-intensive services at scale.
• Ability to mentor engineers and influence cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve distributed systems, APIs, and data-intensive services with a focus on reliability and scalability.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance across product, design, data, and ML teams.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering standards and best practices in a cross-functional environment.

Skills

Backend Systems

Distributed Systems

APIs

Data-Intensive Services

Reliability

Scalability

Security

Operational Excellence

Software Engineering

Technical Leadership

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Machine Learning

Job description

Xapply is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Assets for a remote-first role in the United States. You will shape backend systems and platform capabilities, architect distributed services, APIs, and data-intensive components with a strong emphasis on reliability, security, and operational excellence.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, collaborate with product, design, data, and machine learning teams, and mentor engineers to raise the bar for code quality and system design in a