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Backend/Infrastructure Engineer

Strategic Employment Inc
San Francisco, CA, United States
5 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Compensation
$180,000.0 - $220,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
www.careerboard.com

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Big Data Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language) Backend Low Latency

Job description

Architect and scale low-latency, high-throughput systems used by millions. Build APIs, core infrastructure, and Back End services powering AI-driven personalization. Collaborate daily in a fully onsite role with a tight-knit, high-output team. Shape foundational systems, not just features.

  • Build low-latency, high-throughput systems
  • Build APIs, core infrastructure, and Back End services
  • Collaborate daily in an onsite role
  • Shape foundational systems
  • Languages: Go, Python, Rust, or similar
  • Cloud: AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Systems: Distributed systems, Real Time APIs, or high-availability infrastructure
  • Bonus: Experience scraping and normalizing large-scale data

Requirements

  • Backend engineer with 7+ years building reliable, scalable infrastructure
  • Thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and care deeply about clean architecture
  • Low ego, strong communicator, and ready to own key systems

Benefits & conditions

Base pay range: $180,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr

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Structuring and scaling the backend engineering team

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Defining big data and machine learning fundamentals

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Balancing delivery latency with stream reliability and scale

Phil Cluff · LIVE

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Transitioning from internships to full-stack backend engineering

Nicolas Haunold Nicolas Haunold +1 · Coffee With Developers

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Transitioning into backend engineering from web development

Stefan Lingler Stefan Lingler +1 · Coffee With Developers

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Accessing API documentation and testing remote driving latency

Alexandru Ciinaru Alexandru Ciinaru +3 · World Congress 2025

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Coffee With Developers • 3 months ago

Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner

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Coffee With Developers • over 8 years ago

Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock

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Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology

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World Congress 2023 • almost 3 years ago

Swapping Low Latency Data Storage Under High Load

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LIVE • almost 3 years ago

Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape

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World Congress 2023 • about 3 years ago

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