Staff Software Engineer: Scalable Backend Architect

Veritone, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 185,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive compensation

Health benefits

Retirement benefits

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave and benefits

Job summary

Veritone, Inc. seeks a Staff Software Engineer specializing in robust backend architecture and distributed systems. You will guide technical direction, establish engineering best practices, and partner across product and infrastructure teams to build resilient, auto-scaling applications for AI-driven platform integrations.

You will lead design, development, testing, and optimization of high-performance code, ensuring reliability and peak efficiency at production scale across complex environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience architecting high-performance, reliable systems.
• Experience with multi-tiered distributed environments and scaling.
• Strong programming skills in modern languages and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex, novel problems in untackled spaces.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to align architecture.
• Define technical direction, best practices, and long-term roadmaps.
• Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, cost-efficient services meeting customer needs.

Skills

Golang

Node.js

React

OO/Functional design

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Tools

Distributed systems

Job description

Veritone, Inc. seeks a Staff Software Engineer specializing in robust backend architecture and distributed systems. You will guide technical direction, establish engineering best practices, and partner across product and infrastructure teams to build resilient, auto-scaling applications for AI-driven platform integrations.

You will lead design, development, testing, and optimization of high-performance code, ensuring reliability and peak efficiency at production scale across complex environments.