Staff Back-end Engineer

Responsibilities

• Shape technical strategy & drive execution.
• Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to define and co-own the tribe’s engineering strategy and technical roadmap.
• Lead end-to-end strategic initiatives, from ideation to delivery, translating product vision into clear technical execution, aligning scope, milestones, and delivering measurable outcomes iteratively.
• Lead architecture & platform evolution.
• Act as a key architect for the future state of our systems. Evolve core services into a scalable, reliable platform by defining target architectures, driving migrations and deprecations, and ensuring technical excellence across performance, availability, and cost efficiency, always balancing long-term vision with…
• Raise engineering excellence & developer experience. Continuously improve how we build.
• Identify bottlenecks, reduce friction, and drive initiatives that increase team productivity.
• Champion high engineering standards through RFCs, post-mortems, and quality frameworks (instrumentation, evaluations), ensuring we build the right things in the right way.
• Operate as a multiplier. Extend your impact beyond your own work. Mentor and influence Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers, contribute to hiring, and elevate the overall technical bar. Stay hands-on for the most complex and high-impact challenges, leading by example where it matters most.
• Drive technical decision-making.

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