Staff Software Engineer - Files Platform

Xapply; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Xapply is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Files Platform in a remote United States capacity. You will own critical backend components, building distributed systems for a secure, enterprise-grade file management platform.

You’ll tackle event-driven architectures, access control, data synchronization, and integrations, collaborating across product, engineering, security, and compliance. Opportunities include AI-powered processing and metadata extraction as the platform evolves.

Qualifications

• Backend engineering experience in distributed systems.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and access control.
• Designing scalable systems for secure, enterprise-scale file management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build distributed systems behind a secure enterprise-scale file management platform.
• Address event-driven architectures, access control, data synchronization, and third‑party integrations.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Security, and Compliance teams.
• Shape AI-powered file processing, metadata extraction, and content-aware workflows.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

Access control

Data synchronization

Third-party integrations

System design

Workload management

Latency optimization

Data security

Authorization scenarios

Technical leadership

Job description

Staff Software Engineer - Files Platform

staff Remote US

Skills

Backend Engineering Distributed Systems Event-Driven Architectures Access Control Data Synchronization Third-Party Integrations System Design Workload Management Latency Optimization Data Security Authorization Scenarios Technical Leadership

Description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer - Files Platform based in United States.

This is a staff-level backend engineering role focused on building the distributed systems behind a secure, enterprise-scale file management platform.
You’ll tackle complex challenges involving event-driven architectures, access control, data synchronization, and third-party integrations.
Your work will support financial services organizations ranging from smaller advisory firms to some of the largest wealth managers globally.
You’ll design systems capable of handling bursty workloads, strict latency requirements, sensitive data, and complex authorization scenarios.
The role combines deep technical ownership with cross-functional collaboration across Product, Engineering, Security, and Compliance.
You’ll also have opportunities to shape AI-powered file processing, metadata extraction, and content-aware workflows as the platform evolves.
This is an environment where technical leadership, mentorship, thoughtful architecture, and solving challenging distributed systems problems are highly valued.

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