Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Syndio; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best medical plans

Parental leave

Life & Disability

401(k)

Stock options

Talkspace therapy

Job summary

Syndio is hiring a Senior or Staff Backend Engineer for our core platform engineering team to design, build, and scale high-throughput distributed systems powering our core backend services. You will own systems end-to-end—from API design and data modeling to deploying resilient infrastructure and monitoring performance in production.

In this role, you will design, ship, and operate microservices in Go and Python, build real-time data pipelines with Kafka, and craft performant APIs across REST,

Qualifications

• 7+ years building and operating backend systems in production.
• Experience with Go and Python backend development.
• Strong experience with relational databases and ORMs.

Responsibilities

• Design, ship, and operate core distributed microservices powering backend systems.
• Build real-time data pipelines using Kafka.
• Architect performant APIs across REST, GraphQL, and gRPC.
• Manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP using Terraform and CI/CD with GitHub Actions.
• Ensure reliability and observability with Datadog.
• Lead features end-to-end within 90 days and take on-call responsibilities.
• Collaborate with platform engineering and cross-team partners.

Skills

Distributed systems

Go

Python

Performance optimization

Tools

Kafka

PostgreSQL

gRPC

REST APIs

GraphQL

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Datadog

Job description

• We are hiring a Senior or Staff level Backend Engineer to join our core platform engineering group. In this high-autonomy role on a focused team, you will design, build, and scale high-throughput distributed systems that power our core backend services. You will own systems end-to-end - from API design and data modeling to deploying resilient infrastructure and monitoring performance in production
• Design, ship, and operate core distributed microservices written in Go and Python
• Build real-time event streaming and data processing pipelines using Kafka
• Architect performant, flexible API interfaces across REST, GraphQL, and gRPC protocols
• Design efficient schemas and optimize query performance for relational storage using Postgres and modern ORMs
• Provision, maintain, and scale cloud infrastructure across GCP and AWS using Terraform and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure high reliability, low latency, and operational visibility across backend systems using Datadog
• Role Progession:
• First 30 days: Onboard into our development workflow, master core platform architecture, and ship your first feature
• First 60 days: Independently own sub-systems, optimize Postgres/ORM data paths, and manage cloud infrastructure updates via Terraform
• First 90 days: Lead the design and implementation of a major event-driven or API capability end-to-end and take on-call responsibilities for platform services

Benefits

• Best medical plans on the market
  (90% employee coverage, 50% dependents)
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Life & Disability paid by the company
• 401(k) option
• Stock options
• Access to Talkspace online therapy

Hands-on experience with cloud environments (GCP and/or AWS), Infrastructure as Code via Terraform, and continuous delivery via GitHub ActionsOperational mindset: familiarity with observability, distributed tracing, and metrics tooling in DatadogStrong database fundamentals with Postgres and relational ORMs, including query optimization and schema migration strategiesOwn a technical domain with light supervision: propose direction in writing with clear specs, take review, ship, and carry the pager for what you shippedDeep comfort with Go and Python, with strong experience building concurrent, high-performance systems7+ years building and operating backend systems in productionExpertise designing production APIs across REST, GraphQL, or gRPCExperience building and maintaining event-driven architectures with KafkaStrong written communication to author design docs and lead clear PR reviews