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# Senior Staff Software Engineer Backend

- **Company:** EVENTS BY L LLC
- **Location:** Stockholm, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Data Structures, Distributed Systems, Performance Tuning, Backend, Information Technology, Non-relational Database
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_8d9c492c2ea9fca94986488a9aedb724

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
 * 10+ years of relevant experience with Scala, Java, or Go
 * Experience working with scalable, highly available, real-time distributed systems
 * Experience working with relational and non-relational databases
 * Good understanding of data structures and algorithms
 * Mentoring, leadership skills
 * Excellent communication skills in English.
 * Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
 * Experience with security best practices., * Experience as a data engineer or close collaboration with data engineers.
 * Experience working with highly available systems.
 * Experience with performance tuning.
 * Experience with security hardening.
 * Experience with GDPR.
 * Experience creating tech strategies.

## Description

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend, you will lead multi-team initiatives, leveraging your deep technical expertise to ensure alignment, quality, and long-term maintainability across the organization. You will balance hands-on technical guidance with strategic leadership, establishing engineering best practices that transcend your immediate team. By mentoring experienced engineers and building strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, you will drive project delivery and ensure our backend infrastructure remains scalable and robust enough to support millions of users worldwide., * Lead the team to ensure we build our product efficiently and effectively.

 * Influence product priorities and scope, offering valuable input in decision-making.
 * Communicate complex decisions clearly, weighing the pros and cons of different solutions.
 * Mentor and guide experienced engineers, helping them develop both technically and culturally.
 * Leverage your experience to establish best practices across the engineering team and beyond.
 * Drive project delivery by aligning with cross-functional stakeholders and ensuring the team has everything needed.
 * Lead multi-team initiatives, contributing with technical expertise, ensuring alignment and quality.
 * Own the quality of the systems and services the team is responsible for.
 * Be hands-on, balancing strategic leadership with technical guidance to support the team.
 * Stay up-to-date with industry trends and technologies, ensuring the team works with the best tools available.
 * Build strong relationships and align efforts within the team and with external partners when necessary.
 * Help with recruitment by interviewing candidates.