Staff Backend Engineer: Architecture & Leadership (NYC On-site)

Posh; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Posh, located in New York City, is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to lead architecture and development across multiple services. The ideal candidate should have 8+ years of backend engineering experience, with expertise in APIs and distributed systems. You will write production code and mentor other engineers while driving platform improvements. This role is in-person at our NYC office and involves working closely with engineering teams to build scalable and reliable systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Experience as a Staff or Principal engineer.
• Deep expertise in backend systems and architectures.
• Proficient in Java, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.

Responsibilities

• Own backend architecture across multiple services.
• Write production code daily and set quality standards.
• Partner with leads to define project scope.
• Improve scalability, performance, and reliability.

Skills

Backend engineering experience

APIs

Data modeling

Distributed systems

Event-driven architecture

Java

Node.js

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Cloud providers

Job description

Posh, located in New York City, is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to lead architecture and development across multiple services. The ideal candidate should have 8+ years of backend engineering experience, with expertise in APIs and distributed systems. You will write production code and mentor other engineers while driving platform improvements. This role is in-person at our NYC office and involves working closely with engineering teams to build scalable and reliable systems.