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# Lead Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Zego Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $70,000.0 - $90,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Backend, Build Tools, Microservices
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pj28w3y1q7

## About the Role

* Deep backend expertise - Hands-on experience building cloud-native microservices, Python preferred, though strong experience in another language works too!
 * Systems at scale - You have built distributed architectures and understand performance tuning and observability, on top of solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms and system design
 * You strive for simplicity - You build systems that are easy to understand, test and maintain, and you weigh trade-offs rather than reaching for complexity
 * You lead by example - Through mentoring, clear communication and a collaborative mindset, plus the tenacity to find a way forward through ambiguity or tough technical problems
 * You are proactive with people beyond engineering - You raise concerns early, engage the right people, and explain technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders
 * You work AI-first - You will use AI daily here, and we mean daily. You do not need to arrive an expert, but you do need to arrive curious, experiment fast, and take ownership of getting good quickly. People who wait to be trained will find this uncomfortable



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