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Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer, GraphQL

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about 18 hours ago
Remote, United States
Senior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$244k - $305k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Orchestrate and influence multiple technical tracks on the team.
  • Champion the evolution of Viaduct’s global GraphQL schema.
  • Mentor teammates and cultivate technical leadership across sub-teams.
  • Serve as a key technical voice partnering with product and infrastructure stakeholders.
  • Shape how engineers build and operate GraphQL services.
  • Dive deep into Viaduct’s engine and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Facilitate the Viaduct Schema Steering Committee.
  • Embrace an AI-first engineering approach.
  • Partner with teams to troubleshoot production issues and design APIs.
  • Contribute to the open-source Viaduct project.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of backend and platform engineering experience.
  • Proven experience guiding multi-year technical roadmaps.
  • Deep expertise in GraphQL, API gateways, and schema design.
  • Experience in building developer experience and tooling.
  • Hands-on with modern programming languages like Kotlin/Java.
  • Exceptional communication and influence skills.

Benefits

  • Eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Tech Stack

GraphQLJavaKotlin

Categories

BackendFull Stack