Senior Software Engineer (Backend – Consumer-Facing Platform)

Salt Digital Recruitment; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment partners with a high-growth technology company to appoint a Senior Software Engineer who will help design and scale core backend services powering a large-scale consumer platform.

You will work in a cloud-native, microservices environment using Python, Go, or C#/.NET, collaborate with product and design teams, and champion performance, reliability, and modern CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Production-grade software experience in fast-paced product environments.
• Backend experience with Python, Go, or C#/.NET; API and distributed systems design.
• Cloud-native expertise, preferably AWS; containerized microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend services and APIs that power a high-traffic consumer platform.
• Contribute to a modern microservices-based architecture running in a cloud-native environment.
• Partner closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver impactful product features.
• Solve complex technical challenges related to performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Help scale systems to support growing user demand and evolving business needs.
• Evaluate and implement improvements to engineering tools, architecture, and development workflows.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices across the team.

Skills

Production-grade

Python

Go

C#/.NET

APIs

Distributed systems

AWS

Kubernetes

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Elasticsearch

React

TypeScript

Kubernetes

Job description

We are partnering with a high-growth technology company building products that power large-scale consumer experiences. Their platform supports a global audience and processes significant volumes of real-time activity, requiring highly reliable and scalable systems. As the company continues to expand its engineering team, they are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help design and build core platform capabilities that support a rapidly growing product ecosystem.

Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will contribute to the design, development, and scalability of core backend services that power a high-traffic consumer product.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend services and APIs that power a high-traffic consumer platform.
• Contribute to a modern microservices-based architecture running in a cloud-native environment.
• Partner closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver impactful product features.
• Solve complex technical challenges related to performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Help scale systems to support growing user demand and evolving business needs.
• Evaluate and implement improvements to engineering tools, architecture, and development workflows.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices across the team.

Requirements

• Experience building production-grade software in fast-paced product environments.
• Strong backend engineering experience using languages such as Python, Go, or C#/.NET.
• Experience designing and developing APIs and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure, ideally within AWS environments.
• Experience working with containerized architectures and microservices.
• Ability to solve complex technical challenges and design scalable solutions.
• Experience collaborating with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver customer-facing features.
• A product mindset and a passion for building high-quality, user-focused software.

Tech Environment

Languages

• Python, Go, C#/.NET

Infrastructure

• AWS, Kubernetes, containerized services

Databases

• PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch

Frontend

• React + TypeScript

Observability & Dev Tools

• Git-based workflows, modern CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling

Why This Opportunity

Work on large-scale, high-impact consumer technology. Solve challenging engineering problems related to scale, performance, and real-time systems. Collaborate with a highly talented engineering and product team. Contribute to the development of a modern, cloud-native platform.