Remote Staff Software Engineer, Files Platform

Xapply; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Xapply is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Files Platform in a remote United States capacity. You will own critical backend components, building distributed systems for a secure, enterprise-grade file management platform.

You’ll tackle event-driven architectures, access control, data synchronization, and integrations, collaborating across product, engineering, security, and compliance. Opportunities include AI-powered processing and metadata extraction as the platform evolves.

Qualifications

• Backend engineering experience in distributed systems.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and access control.
• Designing scalable systems for secure, enterprise-scale file management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build distributed systems behind a secure enterprise-scale file management platform.
• Address event-driven architectures, access control, data synchronization, and third‑party integrations.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Security, and Compliance teams.
• Shape AI-powered file processing, metadata extraction, and content-aware workflows.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

Access control

Data synchronization

Third-party integrations

System design

Workload management

Latency optimization

Data security

Authorization scenarios

Technical leadership

Job description

Xapply is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Files Platform in a remote United States capacity. You will own critical backend components, building distributed systems for a secure, enterprise-grade file management platform.

You’ll tackle event-driven architectures, access control, data synchronization, and integrations, collaborating across product, engineering, security, and compliance. Opportunities include AI-powered processing and metadata extraction as the platform evolves.