Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable APIs & Distributed Systems

Fal; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Employee-friendly equity terms

Regular team events and offsite

Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance

Job summary

A dynamic tech company in San Francisco is seeking an experienced backend engineer to develop foundational services for their commerce platform. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in large-scale systems and expertise in programming languages like Python, Go, or Rust. Offering a competitive salary of $180,000 - $250,000 along with equity and benefits, this role also includes opportunities for learning and growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of demonstrated experience in building large scale, fault tolerant, distributed systems.
• Expert-level programmer in one or more of Python, Go, or Rust.
• Experience with payment processors like Stripe.
• Proficiency in writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience with Kubernetes or containers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify, design, and develop foundational backend services for the commerce platform.
• Partner with product teams to meet business needs.
• Write clear, well-tested, maintainable software.
• Analyze and improve scalability of existing systems.

Skills

Large scale distributed systems

Backend APIs

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Python

Go

Rust

Version control

Kubernetes

Data infrastructure

Job description

A dynamic tech company in San Francisco is seeking an experienced backend engineer to develop foundational services for their commerce platform. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in large-scale systems and expertise in programming languages like Python, Go, or Rust. Offering a competitive salary of $180,000 - $250,000 along with equity and benefits, this role also includes opportunities for learning and growth.