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# Staff Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Modulate, Inc.
- **Location:** Somerville, MA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Reliability Engineering, Scripting, Api Design
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/staff-backend-engineer-somerville-ma--d13c5805-d8bd-495e-a586-498a538516db

## About the Role

* Strong experience with object-oriented Python
 * Experience designing and building APIs in production environments
 * Proven ability to collaborate effectively within engineering teams
 * Experience building greenfield systems and scaling existing products, Application Programming Interface (API), Architectural Services, Business-to-Business (B2B), Career Development, Continuous Improvement, Customer/Consumer Behavior, Debugging Skills, Establish Priorities, Leadership, Mentoring, Object Oriented (OO), Product Demonstration, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Reliability Engineering, Sustainability, Systems Scalability, Team Player, Testing, Time Management, Use Cases, Voice Applications, eCommerce

## Description

You will play a critical role in bringing our world-class ML audio models to market through robust, scalable APIs. Your work will directly impact both our product velocity and our ability to serve enterprise and developer customers.

 * Develop and Iterate on early-stage products that are key to Modulate's success
 * Expand the capabilities and use cases supported by our APIs
 * Improve scalability, reliability, and performance across core systems
 * Establish strong architectural foundations for long-term growth
 * Accelerate Modulate's ability to serve both B2B and B2C customers

What You Will Do

 * Collaborate with engineers and product leaders to scope, design, and execute API projects
 * Design, build, test, and deploy API features and improvements
 * Maintain and operate production APIs to ensure reliability and performance
 * Debug issues and continuously improve system stability and scalability
 * Contribute to team knowledge through mentorship, demos, and technical discussions


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