AI & ML | Acceler8 Talent/Understanding Recruitment | Boston/London⚡️
Senior Backend Engineer - New York
A tech startup backed by top-tier investors who have supported the likes of Airbnb, Pinterest and Snap and are on a mission to revolutionize how people interact with their digital identities and personal data are on the lookout for a Backend Engineer to join their team.
What Will I Be Doing?
Build decoupled, resilient data ingestion and processing pipelines handling millions of events daily
Work with our CTO and founding engineers to shape product strategy and technical direction
Develop scalable APIs and services enabling real-time insights and seamless user experiences
Champion automation, testing, and infrastructure-as-code best practices
Mentor peers while taking full ownership of a rapidly evolving codebase (Note: this is an IC role, not a management position)
Design event-driven APIs, data pipelines, and microservices that decouple ingestion from downstream processing
What we're looking for:
Experience in designing and implementing scalable event-driven and microservice architectures with expertise in fault-tolerant systems handling millions of events daily. Familiar with event streaming technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, Google Cloud PubSub, Flink), online analytics processing databases (Druid, Clickhouse), and cloud data warehousing solutions (Snowflake, BigQuery).
Experience in building scalable systems that process data to power features and user experiences. Skilled in designing data models, working with large datasets, implementing APIs, and leveraging cloud infrastructure. Experience with NodeJS, Postgres, and AWS.
Ability to excel at cross-team collaboration, code reviews, and mentoring to ensure best practices and high-quality code.
Startup experience
What's In It For Me?
Salary of up to $225,000 plus equity
Unparalleled opportunity to shape product direction - engineers at our company decide what gets built and why, not just how
Position yourself as a senior leader in a high-growth environment
Work on cutting-edge technology in the personal data space that millions of users will depend on
Collaborate with experienced engineers from top tech companies and startups
Please apply now for immediate consideration!
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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