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# Senior Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Transparent Search Group
- **Location:** San Mateo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $250,000 - $300,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Python (Programming Language), Backend, Low Latency, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/e7036790-eb40-4f8a-a7c1-f063cf551d0f/senior-backend-engineer

## About the Role

* 4+ years as a backend engineer
 * Large-scale data pipelines or latency-sensitive systems
 * Strong Python (Rust a plus)
 * Cloud infrastructure design experience

Nice to Have

 * Analytics, BI or query-engine experience
 * Early-stage startup experience

## Description

The client is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer (4+ years) to join its founding engineering team. You will touch every part of the codebase and product, working closely with engineers, product, the co-founders and customers in a high-agency environment.

What You Will Do

 * Build and scale large data pipelines for latency-critical analytical workloads.
 * Work across the whole codebase and product rather than a single silo.
 * Define the product and engineering roadmap with the co-founders, product and customers.
 * Design cost-efficient, secure and highly scalable systems on modern cloud infrastructure.
 * Help shape the engineering culture and tech stack.