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# Software Engineer - Backend, Standalone Apps Team

- **Company:** The Meta Game, Inc.
- **Location:** Menlo Park, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $219,000 - $301,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Prompt Engineering, Backend, Low Latency
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3501750291&tx=FP1108FFK&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

1. 12+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time building backend/server systems
 2. Strong grasp of distributed systems, data modeling, APIs, and service reliability
 3. Track record of designing and shipping backend systems at scale
 4. Experience leading the technical direction of a project and working independently with limited guidance, 1. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
 2. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
 3. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
 4. Experience taking a new product backend from 0?1
 5. Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems or social/consumer-scale data
 6. Experience partnering closely with ML/recsys systems

## Description

1. Design, build, and own backend services and APIs that power the core product.
 2. Model data and design systems that stay reliable, fast, and cost-efficient as usage grows.
 3. Set technical direction for major backend areas
 4. raise the bar on quality, observability, and operational health.
 5. Partner with client, ML, and product to deliver features end to end.
 6. Mentor other engineers and improve how the team builds.