Senior Backend Architect: Lead Scalable, Reliable Systems

Career Launch; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Launch is accepting applications for Staff Backend Engineer opportunities with partner employers in New York. These positions target senior professionals who can lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems used by growing technology companies.

You will own architectural decisions and collaborate across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams. Successful candidates demonstrate a track record of shipping complex software, strong system design, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Experience shipping and operating complex software in a senior engineering role.
• Strong system design and technical judgment.
• Effective written communication across product and business teams.
• Ability to lead ambiguous work from problem definition to production results.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable backend services, data flows, APIs, and reliability practices.
• Own architecture and decisions for high-impact products and platform capabilities.
• Translate business goals into pragmatic engineering plans and milestones.
• Mentor engineers and improve collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.
• Use metrics and incident learning to reduce recurring risk.

Job description

Career Launch is accepting applications for Staff Backend Engineer opportunities with partner employers in New York. These positions target senior professionals who can lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems used by growing technology companies.

You will own architectural decisions and collaborate across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams. Successful candidates demonstrate a track record of shipping complex software, strong system design, and the ability to