Staff Backend Engineer
San Franciscoonsitestaff
via Greenhouse
About this role
About the Role
We’re seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to help scale the backbone of our platform and expand into new product categories. You'll design, build, and ship across greenfield products and inherited systems with full accountability from scoping to production. This includes working on backend systems that directly impact product success and scalability: loyalty programs, architecture migration & modernization, real-time pricing and checkout, and localization for global expansion.
What You'll Do
Design, build, and maintain scalable backend applications and APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, Redis, Postgres, and BullMQ
Leverage AI-powered coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) to improve development speed, code quality, and system reliability…
What we'd score you on
reqspace match rubricFive dimensions, recruiter-grade. Upload your resume and we'll generate a written explanation of where you fit and where the gaps are.
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Skills match
For this role: typescript, python, less, node.js, postgres…
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Level fit
This role is staff-level. We check your trajectory against it.
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Domain experience
Your work in the role's domain matters more than your years total. We weight recent and direct experience.
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Recency
A skill you used last quarter weighs more than one from five years ago. We grade on recency, not lifetime.
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Location fit
This role is based in San Francisco. We weight your proximity and willingness to relocate.
Score yourself on this role.
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Skills in this role
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typescriptpythonlessnode.jspostgresredisawsgcps3ekssqssnskubernetesdockerterraformdatadogclaudeteams