Senior Backend Systems Engineer — Remote

Stripe; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 206,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus potential

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Wellness stipends

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a highly skilled software engineer to design and build scalable back-end systems. You will work on APIs and data pipelines that power partner ecosystems and internal tooling.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, high-performance RESTful microservices, and robust automated testing within a collaborative, fast-moving environment. Strong problem-solving and debugging across services are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in CS/SE or foreign equivalent.
• 6 years software development experience.
• Experience with Java/C++/Python/Ruby and scalable systems.
• Experience debugging across services and stack levels.
• Expertise in distributed systems and RESTful microservices.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable computer systems handling large information volumes.
• Improve backend scalability by API overhaul and database optimizations.
• Design and build tools to ingest and process signals for partners.
• Design logging and data visualization for backend APIs.
• Diagnose and resolve production and test issues.
• Create scalable automated testing suites to reduce QA workload.
• Collaborate across teams using CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Ruby

Distributed systems

RESTful microservices

Debugging production issues

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a highly skilled software engineer to design and build scalable back-end systems. You will work on APIs and data pipelines that power partner ecosystems and internal tooling.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, high-performance RESTful microservices, and robust automated testing within a collaborative, fast-moving environment. Strong problem-solving and debugging across services are essential.