Staff Backend Developer
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Staff Backend Developer at Varicent designing scalable, data-driven product systems for revenue optimization. Collaborating with technical leads and driving engineering standards in a diverse team.
Responsibilities:
- Own delivery for significant features or systems: clarify requirements, design solutions, execute, ship, and iterate.
- Design and build scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines that support core product functionality.
- Drive system design decisions, balancing scalability, performance, reliability, and cost.
- Define how quality is measured for your area (success metrics, testing strategy, observability) and automate it wherever possible.
- Lead structured experimentation: define hypotheses, evaluate results, and translate insights into product and system improvements.
- Improve operational readiness: deployment automation, monitoring/alerting, incident response, and performance optimization.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on technical guidance.
- Influence engineering best practices, architecture decisions, and long-term technical direction.
Requirements:
- Overall: 6+ years in software engineering
- Relevant: 3+ years building and shipping production systems in product teams
- Technical (hands-on coding): 5+ years
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and advanced system design experience
- Hands-on coding in Python and/or TypeScript (or similar), building APIs, services, and data pipelines
- Experience designing and scaling distributed systems in production environments
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), CI/CD, automated testing, and observability
- Proven ability to own systems end-to-end, from design through production and iteration
- Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with evolving requirements
- Strong experimentation mindset: define metrics, build evaluation approaches, and iterate quickly
- Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Benefits:
- Variable compensation program
- Remote work options
- Professional development opportunities
- Health insurance
- Wellness programs
















