Amigo

Senior Software Engineer - Backend/Infra [NYC or SF]

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3 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior

Base Salary

$220k - $260k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design high-throughput services that handle concurrent conversations at scale.
  • Own a core platform service from design through production.
  • Build systems that remain available and degrade gracefully when failures occur.
  • Handle sensitive healthcare data appropriately.
  • Improve performance, observability, and operational health across services.
  • Shape architectural decisions as the platform grows.
  • Reason carefully about system design under time pressure.

Requirements

  • Experience building and operating production backend systems at scale and owning their outcomes.
  • Strong knowledge of concurrency, distributed systems, and service design.
  • Ability to develop simple, maintainable solutions to difficult problems.
  • Strong debugging skills across services, queues, and databases.
  • Ability to work onsite in New York City or San Francisco.
  • Preferred experience in regulated or high-reliability domains such as healthcare, finance, or legal.
  • Preferred experience with high-throughput or low-latency system design.
  • Preferred experience with production AI or ML systems.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Daily catered lunch and dinner.
  • Mental health support and wellness coaching.
  • Flexible wellness stipend for fitness, therapy, or personal growth.
  • Annual learning budget for courses, books, or conferences.
  • Conference attendance budget for professional development.
  • Annual team offsite.
  • Academic collaboration opportunities.
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • In-person work in New York City or San Francisco.

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11-50 employees
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