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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff-level Software Engineer - **Company:** NORTHBEAM LLC - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $190,000.0 - $220,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Data Integration, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Role-Based Access Control, Systems Architecture, TypeScript, Data Processing, Data Ingestion, ReactJS, Backend, Real Time Data, Front End Software Development, Microservices - **Published:** September 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-software-engineer-python-northbeam-10143215 ## About the Role * 8+ years designing and building distributed backend systems, microservices, APIs, and/or data processing systems in Python. * Deep experience owning system architecture, including the tradeoffs that only surface at scale. * A track record of partnering with product managers, designers, and data scientists to shape what gets built, not only how. * Startup experience, or experience in an environment demanding breadth, sound judgment, and strong problem-solving under ambiguity. * Demonstrated ability to turn ambiguous product needs into sound technical architecture and production-ready solutions - repeatedly, across different problem spaces. * Fluency navigating complex datasets and interconnected tables to investigate issues, trace dependencies, and find the right path forward. * Working frontend experience with React and TypeScript; deep frontend specialization is NOT required. * Strong coding fundamentals, with AI used as an accelerator rather than a substitute for core capabilities. * A generalist mindset and willingness to work across backend, frontend, pipelines, and infrastructure when the product requires it. * Experience mentoring engineers and improving how a team operates. ## Description Northbeam is fundamentally a data product - the whole company. We don't sell shoes, ads, or games. We sell data: quality integrations with a variety of platforms, fresh and reliable data pulls, robust data ingest APIs, correct aggregations, and algorithmic insights on top of that data, all packaged up in a user-facing application., We're looking for a Staff-level Software Engineer who leans backend and can take product problems from ambiguity through architecture to production. You'll spend roughly 70% of your time on backend and distributed systems work and 20-30% on frontend, giving you the ability to own capabilities across the stack and to make architectural calls that hold up on both sides of it. You'll take new products from early traction to meaningful scale, and set the technical direction that gets them there. That includes architecting our new incrementality offering into a scalable experimentation platform, defining our approach to near real-time data infrastructure, and establishing how AI shows up in our marketing users' workflows. You'll partner closely with data scientists, product managers, and designers, and your influence on what gets built will be as real as your influence on how. Your Impact * Architect our new incrementality product into a reliable, repeatable experimentation platform, and own the technical decisions that determine whether it scales. * Set the direction for near-real-time ingestion and processing as we move beyond batch workflows. * Define the patterns for AI-powered workflows that help marketers evaluate performance and act on insights - the first version and the framework that follows it. * Lead work on connection-state systems and the partner ecosystem across data ingestion and exports. * Shape technical approach in adjacent product areas such as role-based access control (RBAC). * Multiply the team: design review, mentorship, and raising the standard for what ships. ## Related Videos - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [Do TypeScript without TypeScript](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/327-do-typescript-without-typescript) - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Build and Deploy a Fullstack App with Open Source Tooling](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/775-build-and-deploy-a-fullstack-app-with-open-source-tooling) - [The Art and Craft of Type Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/81-the-art-and-craft-of-type-development) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [What’s the Difference Between Frontend and Backend Development?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/240-what-s-the-difference-between-frontend-and-backend-development) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers)