Staff/Senior Backend Engineer (SaaS) $180K - $230K Remote US

GroRapid Labs; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to augment its backend infrastructure for an innovative solution aimed at reducing repetitive tasks in sales. The engineer will address real-world automation challenges, work closely with founders and senior engineers, and mentor team members while ensuring smooth production operations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Strong technical judgment and risk assessment.
• Experience with AWS services like Lambda and DynamoDB.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, reliable backend systems.
• Mentor engineers and review code.
• Lead DevOps and infrastructure decisions.

Skills

Backend engineering

Database design

Mentoring engineers

AWS services

Node.js

TypeScript

Job description

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We're building a system that takes repetitive sales work — like data entry, lead creation, and pipeline updates — off people’s plates. No code, no APIs, no regex. Just a few clicks and plain English.

We’re looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to help scale the backend infrastructure that powers this. You’ll work on real-world automation challenges and lead backend architecture as we grow.

Staff Backend Engineer (Remote – US Only)

We're building a system that takes repetitive sales work — like data entry, lead creation, and pipeline updates — off people’s plates. No code, no APIs, no regex. Just a few clicks and plain English.

We’re looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to help scale the backend infrastructure that powers this. You’ll work on real-world automation challenges and lead backend architecture as we grow.

What you’ll do

• Design and build scalable, reliable backend systems using a modern serverless stack.
• Work directly with the founders and senior engineers to make architecture and product decisions.
• Mentor engineers, review code, and raise the bar on quality and performance.
• Lead long-term projects from planning through launch — with clear milestones and tradeoffs.
• Own DevOps and infrastructure decisions — make sure things run smoothly in production.
• Write clean, tested code and take responsibility for what you ship.

What we're looking for

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience, including database design and scaling systems.
• Strong technical judgment — you can spot risks, call out tradeoffs, and keep things simple.
• A track record of mentoring engineers and improving team workflows.
• Experience working with AWS services like Lambda, AppSync, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and IAM.
• Solid with Node.js, TypeScript, and comfortable writing tests with tools like Jest or Playwright.
• You’re thoughtful about technical debt — and know when to avoid it or contain it.
• You care about building useful, reliable software more than chasing hype.

Nice to have

• Experience building GraphQL APIs or similar systems.
• Familiar with Auth systems like Cognito, Okta, or Auth0.
• Worked on Chrome extensions, or complex frontend/backend integrations.
• Exposure to LLM or vector search systems in production.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, like CDK or Serverless Framework.
• Comfortable jumping into the frontend when needed (React, Vue, etc.).

Why this role

• You’ll be joining a small, senior team that values clarity, ownership, and impact.
• Your work will be used every day by 900K+ sales reps at companies like Salesforce, Lockheed Martin, Klaviyo, and PIMCO.
• There’s room to shape the product and the backend stack — not just ship tickets.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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