Assured

Staff Backend Engineer

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3 months ago
Remote, WorldwideStaff+

Base Salary

$210k - $240k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own major areas of backend architecture, including APIs, distributed systems, data models, infrastructure, and core business logic
  • Design, build, test, deploy, and iterate on reliable, scalable, and maintainable production systems
  • Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate development, debugging, testing, documentation, and operational efficiency
  • Identify opportunities to integrate AI into internal engineering systems and customer-facing platform capabilities
  • Architect systems that support increasing scale, complexity, and evolving customer workflows
  • Define and implement testing, observability, and operational practices that improve resilience and developer velocity
  • Build scalable abstractions, internal frameworks, and platform capabilities for faster product development
  • Drive technical direction and long-term architectural decisions around performance, security, scalability, and platform evolution
  • Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar for backend engineering and system design

Requirements

  • 8+ years of backend or full-stack engineering experience, ideally in SaaS or high-scale distributed systems environments
  • Proven experience designing, scaling, and operating complex backend systems from early-stage growth through maturity
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, APIs, data modeling, infrastructure, and backend architecture patterns
  • Strong proficiency with modern AI engineering workflows and tooling
  • Experience building secure, observable, and fault-tolerant production systems
  • Ability to balance rapid iteration with long-term reliability and maintainability
  • Collaborative and pragmatic approach across engineering, product, infrastructure, and data teams
  • Adaptability and sound engineering judgment; specific frameworks or languages are not required

Benefits

  • Platinum medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Free life insurance with long-term and short-term disability coverage
  • Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • 401(k) contribution of 3% of income regardless of employee contribution
  • Remote work arrangement with lunch provided twice weekly, a monthly phone stipend, and home-office perks
  • Health FSAs and HSAs
  • Team events and offsites

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About Assured

201-500 employees

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