Staff Backend Engineer: Lead Cloud Microservices & Platform

SimpliSafe; Boston (MA); Híbrido; USD 147 000 - 196 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Free SimpliSafe system

Professional home monitoring

ERGs and opportunities to mentor

Resumo da oferta

SimpliSafe is hiring a Staff Backend Software Engineer to drive the technical direction of User Systems Platform. You will lead design and execution of cloud-based backend services powering our mobile apps, and mentor engineers across teams.

This role emphasizes performance, reliability, and scalable architectures within a hybrid work model. You will collaborate with Engineering and Product Managers to shape the roadmap, tackle cross-team initiatives, and ensure operational excellence while

Qualificações

• Extensive backend engineering leadership at staff level.
• Experience designing, building and operating distributed backend systems.
• Proficiency in one or more major languages (JS/TS, Rust, Java, Go, Python, C#).

Responsabilidades

• Own design and implementation of complex backend services and microservices.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code for scalable systems.
• Drive performance, scalability, monitoring, and operational excellence with strict SLOs/SLIs.
• Participate in On-Call rotations as first responder for team systems.
• Define long-term technical roadmap with PMs and managers, manage technical debt.
• Mentor engineers, enforce best practices, and raise the technical bar.

Conhecimentos

Distributed systems

REST/gRPC APIs

JavaScript/TypeScript

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP/Azure

DevOps principles

Ferramentas

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Descrição da oferta de emprego

SimpliSafe is hiring a Staff Backend Software Engineer to drive the technical direction of User Systems Platform. You will lead design and execution of cloud-based backend services powering our mobile apps, and mentor engineers across teams.

This role emphasizes performance, reliability, and scalable architectures within a hybrid work model. You will collaborate with Engineering and Product Managers to shape the roadmap, tackle cross-team initiatives, and ensure operational excellence while