Staff Backend Architect - AWS & Scale Leader

Blue Bear Capital; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Option Plan

Flexible Fridays

401K

Job summary

Blue Bear Capital is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to strengthen their backend engineering team. This role involves writing production-grade code and architecting AWS infrastructure. You will build high-performance services, ensure cloud support for software delivery, and mentor engineers on best practices.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in AWS, modern backend languages, and leadership experience. This position comes with benefits like health insurance, PTO, and a flexible work environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering with a proven track record.
• Strong skills in modern backend languages like Python, Go, Node.js.
• Experience in building and managing systems on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Build, scale, and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs.
• Own the relationship between the application layer and AWS infrastructure.
• Evaluate and evolve backend architecture to support growth.

Skills

Backend coding skills

AWS Expertise

Distributed systems understanding

Leadership in technical initiatives

Education

8+ years of professional software engineering experience

Tools

Terraform

Python

Go

Node.js

Job description

Blue Bear Capital is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to strengthen their backend engineering team. This role involves writing production-grade code and architecting AWS infrastructure. You will build high-performance services, ensure cloud support for software delivery, and mentor engineers on best practices.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in AWS, modern backend languages, and leadership experience. This position comes with benefits like health insurance, PTO, and a flexible work environment.