Senior Backend Engineer — Remote-First, Microservices

Outfront Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

HSA & FSA

401(k) match

Paid time off

Commuter benefits

Educational assistance

Job summary

OUTFRONT Media is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with deep backend expertise to lead the development of multiple products and services within our modern advertising platform. This role requires hands‑on coding, technical ownership, and mentoring junior engineers.

You'll work with a remote‑first team to design scalable, secure, and modular systems that integrate third‑party SaaS with proprietary APIs and microservices in an AWS environment.

Qualifications

• 7–12+ years in software engineering with enterprise-scale systems.
• Experience owning and delivering multiple backend services or products.
• Strong knowledge of API design, authentication/authorization (OAuth, JWT), and versioning.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs and microservices across multiple products and services.
• Lead the integration of third‑party SaaS platforms into our AWS ecosystem.
• Architect distributed systems for high availability, modularity, and fault tolerance.
• Define and enforce service contracts and communication protocols (REST, gRPC, GraphQL).
• Mentor and upskill junior engineers through code reviews and pairing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on technical strategy and product goals.
• Assist with system design and contribute to long‑term platform vision and decision‑making.
• Promote best practices for interviewing, hiring, and onboarding processes.

Skills

Backend services ownership

Distributed systems

Mentor juniors

APIs design REST/gRPC/GraphQL

Java/Go/Scala/Python/TypeScript

Remote communication

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

API gateways

OAuth/JWT

Job description

OUTFRONT Media is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with deep backend expertise to lead the development of multiple products and services within our modern advertising platform. This role requires hands‑on coding, technical ownership, and mentoring junior engineers.

You'll work with a remote‑first team to design scalable, secure, and modular systems that integrate third‑party SaaS with proprietary APIs and microservices in an AWS environment.