Senior Backend Engineer, Core API & Distributed Systems

Weights & Biases; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Weights & Biases is seeking an experienced backend engineer to build and maintain core systems for their platform. This role is critical for establishing durable and scalable backend infrastructure, impacting developer velocity and reliability.

The ideal candidate possesses over 5 years in backend engineering, strong knowledge of distributed systems, and experience with API standards. Join us in a high-paced environment where you'll collaborate with a talented team and enjoy extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience building and operating production systems.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining distributed systems at scale.
• Hands-on experience designing and evolving APIs.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve core backend systems and shared infrastructure.
• Improve internal schema and code generation tooling.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams.

Skills

Backend engineering

API design (REST, GraphQL, gRPC)

Go or Python

Concurrency and parallelism

Job description

Weights & Biases is seeking an experienced backend engineer to build and maintain core systems for their platform. This role is critical for establishing durable and scalable backend infrastructure, impacting developer velocity and reliability.

The ideal candidate possesses over 5 years in backend engineering, strong knowledge of distributed systems, and experience with API standards. Join us in a high-paced environment where you'll collaborate with a talented team and enjoy extensive benefits.