Job Description Job Description
Staff Software Engineer - Hybrid - 2 days/week onsite in NYC
Are you passionate about building scalable, cutting-edge backend systems that transform complex data into actionable insights? We're working with a fast-growing, innovative technology company revolutionizing how professionals navigate data-intensive tasks. Due to continued growth, we're confidentially searching for two exceptional engineers, a Staff Engineer and a Sr. Backend Engineer, to help build and evolve powerful software systems that redefine industry standards.
Your Impact: You'll join an ambitious team focused on developing high-performance, distributed backend systems, directly contributing to products that streamline critical workflows and decision-making processes. Your efforts will ensure our systems remain reliable, secure, scalable, and adaptable, driving the success and satisfaction of end-users.
What You'll Do:
- Build & Deliver: Write clean, robust code, actively participate in code reviews, and contribute meaningfully to technical design discussions.
- System Architecture: Lead design and development efforts for scalable, high-performance backend solutions.
- Performance Optimization: Continuously enhance and fine-tune system performance to meet growing user demands.
- Mentorship & Collaboration: Share your knowledge with peers and junior engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Who You Are:
- Experienced: 7+ years of backend engineering experience developing high-performance, fault-tolerant services.
- Technical Expertise: Proven experience building robust services utilizing relational and non-relational databases.
- Design Proficiency: Skilled in architecting and operating distributed systems with an emphasis on scalability, observability, and reliability.
- Versatile: Comfortable with various software stacks, cloud-native development, and adaptable to evolving technology environments.
Even Better If You Have:
- Experience with multi-tenancy architectures.
- Knowledge of security best practices.
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages, such as Python, Kotlin, or Java.
- Familiarity with GraphQL (required for Sr. Backend Engineer, preferred for Staff Engineer).
Technologies You'll Work With:
- Cloud Platforms: AWS
- Databases & Storage: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, Redis
- Frameworks & Languages: Kotlin, Python, gRPC, GraphQL
- Container & Orchestration: ECS, Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
- Messaging & Events: Kafka
If you're seeking an exciting opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking technology solutions alongside talented colleagues, we'd love to hear from you.
Company Description
We Met Your Match.
Strategic Employment Partners (SEP) is a premier Technology Recruiting and Placement firm that services Greater Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Boston and New York. Our mission is to connect the area's most innovative and well-respected companies. We provide placement services for Full-time/Direct-hire, Contract-to-Hire, and Contract positions.
We strive to create matches which serve both our clients' business needs and our candidates' career goals. Doing so creates long term business relationships which benefit both parties equally. This is why companies come back to us again to fulfill their Software and IT placement needs, and why candidates refer their most talented colleagues and friends to us. This is the secret to our success.
Company Description We Met Your Match.
Strategic Employment Partners (SEP) is a premier Technology Recruiting and Placement firm that services Greater Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Boston and New York. Our mission is to connect the area's most innovative and well-respected companies. We provide placement services for Full-time/Direct-hire, Contract-to-Hire, and Contract positions.
We strive to create matches which serve both our clients' business needs and our candidates' career goals. Doing so creates long term business relationships which benefit both parties equally. This is why companies come back to us again to fulfill their Software and IT placement needs, and why candidates refer their most talented colleagues and friends to us. This is the secret to our success.