Staff Backend Architect — AI-Driven Platform (Remote)

Quo; California (MO); On-site; USD 186,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Equity

Medical coverage

Lifestyle stipend

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Quo, a fully remote startup backed by top investors, is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to own the technical strategy for designing, building, and operating features across the product. You will partner with engineering, product, and security to translate ambitious ideas into scalable, dependable systems.

Your architectural choices will shape customer experiences, balancing cutting-edge innovation with rock-solid reliability.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience leading architecture for business-critical services.
• Strong background in event-driven and streaming architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and own the long-term architecture for key systems, such as billing and communication services.
• Lead cross-functional delivery of features from proof of concept to production rollout.
• Drive continuous cost, performance, reliability, and security improvements for our systems.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical coaching.
• Stay current on AI and emerging technologies and translate insights into actionable roadmap proposals.

Job description

Quo, a fully remote startup backed by top investors, is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to own the technical strategy for designing, building, and operating features across the product. You will partner with engineering, product, and security to translate ambitious ideas into scalable, dependable systems.

Your architectural choices will shape customer experiences, balancing cutting-edge innovation with rock-solid reliability.