Blitzy

Senior Backend Engineer

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3 months ago
Cambridge, MA, USASenior

Base Salary

$160k - $220k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Write, review, and ship production code that drives customer and business outcomes.
  • Use generative AI tools daily to improve the quality, speed, and effectiveness of technical and non-technical work.
  • Own the software lifecycle, including production value, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Evaluate and drive long-term technical decisions balancing speed, quality, security, and scalability.
  • Troubleshoot complex production challenges and serve as a trusted technical resource.
  • Learn unfamiliar technologies, codebases, and domains and solve complex problems using first-principles thinking.
  • Build demos, prototypes, examples, and technical content to help developers adopt new technologies.
  • Collaborate with engineers, designers, sales executives, and other stakeholders.
  • Communicate decisions clearly, seek feedback, and improve team alignment.
  • Champion improvements across the enterprise software development lifecycle and advocate for better software development, deployment, and operations practices.
  • Operate independently with accountability and persistence in overcoming obstacles.

Requirements

  • Direct experience with Python, Terraform, and Google Cloud Platform is required.
  • Proficiency with backend technologies such as Node.js, NuxtJS, Express.js, or Python.
  • Experience with Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, or Vercel.
  • Strong knowledge of Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C++, or Go.
  • Hands-on knowledge of RPC technologies and API architectures including gRPC or GraphQL.
  • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Firebase.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitLab.
  • Experience with Git or Perforce.
  • Knowledge of distributed application design and microservices architecture.
  • Familiarity with AI platforms including OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, Vertex AI, Amazon Bedrock, or SageMaker.
  • Ability to build and scale enterprise-grade applications with 99%+ service-level availability.
  • Advanced proficiency in Python, Terraform, and GCP.

Benefits

  • In-person collaboration environment.
  • Opportunity to work directly with the CTO and founding team and help shape the company’s culture, processes, and practices.
  • Equal opportunity workplace committed to a diverse and inclusive team.

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51-200 employees
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