Attain

Lead Backend Engineer

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2 months ago
Foster City, CA, USAStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and own primarily Rust-based backend services powering the Frisbee consumer experience.
  • Own systems responsible for business logic, feature flags, and UX configuration controlling mobile behavior and layout.
  • Define and maintain documented APIs and client-server contracts for iOS and Android applications.
  • Partner with mobile engineers to enable predictable execution and unblock delivery.
  • Act as technical owner for major initiatives from design through production.
  • Provide architectural guidance and code review across backend and mobile codebases.
  • Collaborate with Product and Design to translate customer needs into scalable systems.
  • Participate in planning, prioritization, and delivery.
  • Occasionally contribute to mobile codebases when needed.
  • Establish engineering standards and raise the technical bar across the team.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience building and owning backend systems in production environments.
  • Strong experience designing APIs, service boundaries, and data models.
  • Experience evolving complex systems and working with microservice or service-oriented architectures.
  • Experience operating systems in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Experience working closely with iOS and Android engineering teams.
  • Familiarity with backend- or configuration-driven client architectures.
  • Experience with gRPC, protobuf, or GraphQL.
  • Experience with relational databases.
  • Understanding of mobile performance characteristics and constraints.
  • Exposure to React Native.
  • Experience integrating third-party SDKs, such as analytics, scanning, or CRM tools.

Benefits

  • Hybrid schedule in Redwood City, California: in-office Mondays plus a choice of three days from Tuesday through Friday.

Tech Stack

AWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLgRPCiOSReact NativeRust

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About Attain

201-500 employees

Attain captures billions in live, permissioned consumer spend daily—providing marketers with the most trusted and comprehensive view of purchase behavior. Backed by over 14 million opted-in consumers, Attain’s measurement, activation, and analytics solutions enable advertisers to target, optimize, and measure media for real-world sales outcomes in real time. Founded with a mission to create the most trusted and transparent consumer data ecosystem, Attain empowers people to leverage their data responsibly in exchange for modern financial benefits. Through its portfolio of consumer apps, Attain provides access to savings tools, early wage access, and shopping rewards—no fees or hidden costs. In return, consumers directly permission their data for research, insights, and advertising that drives real business results.

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