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# Staff Backend Engineer - Virtual

- **Company:** Alight Solutions LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Applications Architecture, Business Logic, Application Services, Information Engineering, Application Data, Software Engineering, Backend, Material UI, Front End Software Development, Api Design, Domain Model
- **Published:** November 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/18808278/Staff-Backend-Engineer-Virtual-Illinois-Deerfield

## About the Role

* 6+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including ownership of complex production applications.
 * Deep expertise in application data modeling, API design, and backend services, with proficiency in modern front-end development.
 * Demonstrated 01 system design and build experience for complex B2B use cases and non-technical users.
 * Product judgment and ability to convert ambiguity into clear technical decisions and incremental delivery.
 * Experience integrating new application capabilities into established products and technology ecosystems, including adapting and extending existing services and UI components
 * Independent execution of cross-functional technical leadership across multiple Engineering and Product teams without relying on formal authority.
 * Demonstrated fluency with approved agentic coding practices and disciplined software engineering controls.
 * Experience integrating application platforms with data or AI-enabled services.
 * Experience improving observability, reliability and operational efficiency for production applications.

## Description

* Defining and evolving the application architecture, domain model, workflows and business logic for the Benefits Intelligence module.
 * Designing and building application services and APIs connecting Worklife with the Data Engine, including clear interface contracts, error handling, observability and operational ownership.
 * Leading the technical integration of Data Engine capabilities into Worklife, adapting existing user-interface components and developing new administrative experiences where required.
 * Establishing reusable full-stack engineering patterns for maintainability, security, testing, observability, deployment and operational efficiency.
 * Translating emerging product concepts and business requirements into pragmatic technical options, independently evaluating trade-offs and driving implementation in partnership with Product and Architecture.
 * Driving technical execution across Engineering, Product, UX, Data and platform teams; surface dependencies early and bring design and integration decisions to closure.
 * Approving application architecture and domain model
 * Producing production-ready APIs, services, workflows and user experiences
 * Documenting interface contracts and integration patterns
 * Automating tests, telemetry, runbooks and operational handoff
 * Reusing engineering standards and reference implementations