Senior Staff Backend Architect for AI-Powered Platforms

RB Global, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

RB Global, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to lead the Product Engineering team focused on AI powered products for SmartEquip.

You will be the Technical Lead and primary architect, hands-on with code, mentoring a small squad, and shaping architectural direction. You will drive technical delivery, design high concurrency backend services in Python, and buildAgent Ready APIs with strict type safety.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with leadership of technical squads.
• Expert mastery of Python with FastAPI and Django and front-end frameworks (Angular/TypeScript).
• RESTful API design for structured data exchange with LLMs and tool calling.
• Security and authentication using OAuth2/JWT and OpenID Connect.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery by translating product roadmaps into development cycles.
• Architect and develop high concurrency backend services in Python for core workflows.
• Design and implement Agent Ready APIs with strict type enforcement using Pydantic.
• Build secure, scalable integration layers (OAuth2, Webhooks) with ERP systems.
• Improve API latency and database performance for real time interactions.
• Leverage autonomous coding agents to plan and code backend tasks.

Skills

Python (FastAPI/Django)

Leadership / Technical mentorship

RESTful API design

LLM tool integration patterns

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

SQL (PostgreSQL/MS SQL)

Tools

Pydantic

OpenAPI/MCP

OAuth2/JWT

PostgreSQL

MS SQL

Job description

RB Global, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to lead the Product Engineering team focused on AI powered products for SmartEquip.

You will be the Technical Lead and primary architect, hands-on with code, mentoring a small squad, and shaping architectural direction. You will drive technical delivery, design high concurrency backend services in Python, and buildAgent Ready APIs with strict type safety.