Apiphany

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer

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11 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USASenior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$160k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and scale low-latency backend services and APIs for large engineering data streams.
  • Develop distributed, high-throughput systems with strong latency, performance, reliability, security, and compliance characteristics.
  • Architect highly available systems and contribute to long-term backend architecture.
  • Build integrations with third-party APIs, SaaS tools, and enterprise applications.
  • Deploy and operate services in cloud and containerized environments.
  • Establish engineering best practices and mentor teammates.

Requirements

  • 3–5+ years of experience designing and building distributed backend services in Python, including asynchronous systems, data pipelines, and APIs.
  • Experience building data-heavy, high-throughput systems focused on latency, performance, and reliability.
  • Proven ability to build and maintain APIs for large-scale applications.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud deployments using GCP, AWS, or Azure and containerization with Docker or Kubernetes.
  • Experience integrating third-party APIs, SaaS tools, and enterprise applications.
  • Experience with CI/CD, observability, and testing frameworks.
  • Preferred: frontend experience with React and TypeScript, infrastructure familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform, and data visualization dashboard experience with D3, visx, or equivalent.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with ownership, rapid iteration, and a customer-focused mindset.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • Hybrid work requiring 3 days per week in the San Francisco office.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Office snacks.
  • Flexible vacation policy and paid time off.
  • Equity is offered.
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