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Senior Backend Engineer Job at Jobot in San Francisco County

Jobot, San Francisco County, CA, United States


Senior Backend Engineer opportunity with a high-traction early-stage startup building next-gen private market infrastructure. This Jobot Job is hosted by: Brandon Bays Are you a fit? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Apply Now" button and sending us your resume. Salary: $175,000 - $220,000 per year A bit about us: Senior Software Engineer (Backend Focus) San Francisco - 4 days/week working in office Compensation: $175 – $220k base salary + equity We’re partnered with an early-stage, venture-backed technology company building infrastructure that supports sophisticated participants across the private capital ecosystem. Their platform blends institutional-quality data, analytics, and marketplace capabilities to power complex investment workflows. The company has already established strong traction with reputable financial institutions and meaningful activity across its platform, and is now entering its next phase of product expansion. They’re looking to bring on a Senior Backend Engineer who will help scale backend systems and contribute to accelerating product development. This position offers meaningful ownership and collaboration with technical leadership on architecture decisions, data platform evolution, and integrations that enable advanced user workflows. Why join us? Real Product Traction — Not Just Vision Join a startup that has already built meaningful adoption with sophisticated institutional users and is actively supporting real transactions and decision-making workflows today. High Ownership, High Impact You’ll shape core platform systems, influence architecture decisions, and see your work directly affect customers and product direction. Early-Stage Upside with Established Momentum Step into a phase where foundational risk has been reduced, but there’s still meaningful room to influence the roadmap, technical direction, and long-term platform evolution. Engineering Culture Built for Builders Work alongside pragmatic, low-ego engineers who value speed, quality, thoughtful decision-making and embrace modern tooling and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate output. Exposure to Complex, Interesting Problems Tackle challenges around data normalization, system scalability, distributed architecture, and AI-enabled integrations Career Growth Through Responsibility Take ownership of meaningful technical surface area early, with opportunities to expand scope, deepen architectural influence, and grow alongside the company. Office Collaboration Environment Work closely with product and engineering leadership in-person while maintaining flexibility that supports productivity and focus. Job Details Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs supporting core product functionality Develop scalable systems that ingest, structure, and enhance data from fragmented or unstructured sources Create pipelines that convert raw inputs into reliable, high-quality datasets for downstream use Support integrations enabling programmatic access to platform data, including AI-driven interaction layers Contribute to the evolution of modular, event-driven system architecture Participate in system design discussions, technical planning, and engineering prioritization Own significant platform components from concept through production Ideal Background Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and able to work onsite 4 days/week in downtown SF 3-6 years of professional software engineering experience with backend or backend-leaning full-stack focus Experience operating in startup or high-growth environments preferred Strong proficiency in TypeScript or another statically typed language (Scala, Rust, Haskell, etc.) Track record of building production-grade systems and contributing to architectural decisions Comfortable incorporating modern AI-assisted development tools into daily workflow Ability to deliver scalable, maintainable systems at a fast pace Collaborative, pragmatic, and ownership-oriented mindset Eagerness to grow technical scope and responsibility over time Interested in hearing more? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Apply Now" button. Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. 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In Summary: Senior Software Engineer (Backend Focus) San Francisco - 4 days/week working in office . Salary: $175,000 - $220,000 per year . Jobot is partnering with an early-stage, venture-backed tech startup building next-gen private market infrastructure .

En Español: Oportunidad de Ingeniero Senior Backend con una alta tracción en las primeras etapas para la creación de infraestructura del mercado privado de próxima generación. Este trabajo Jobot es organizado por: Brandon Bays ¿Estás bien? Fácil Aplicar ahora haciendo clic en el botón "Aplicar Ahora" y enviándonos tu currículum. Salario: $ 175,000 - $220,000 al año Un poco sobre nosotros: Ingenier Senior Software (Backend Focus) San Francisco - 4 días / semana trabajando en la oficina Compensación: $ 175 $ 220k salario básico + capital Estamos asociados con una primera etapa, empresa respaldada por empresas tecnológicas que apoyan a los participantes sofisticados en todo el ecosistema de capitales privados. Su plataforma combina datos institucionales de calidad, evolución y capacidades de mercado para impulsar flujos laborales de inversión complejos. La compañía ya ha establecido instituciones analíticas con sistemas de seguimiento y desarrollo de productos avanzados e ingeniería avanzadas. ¿Por qué unirse a nosotros? Real Product Traction No Just Vision Únete a una startup que ya ha construido una adopción significativa con usuarios institucionales sofisticados y está apoyando activamente las transacciones reales y los flujos de trabajo para la toma de decisiones hoy en día. Alta Propiedad, Alto Impacto Usted moldeará los sistemas básicos de plataformas, influirá en las decisiones de arquitectura y verá cómo su trabajo afecta directamente a los clientes y la dirección del producto. Detalles de trabajo Responsabilidades Diseño, construcción y mantenimiento de servicios de backend e APIs que apoyan la funcionalidad principal del producto Desarrollar sistemas escalables que ingieran, estructuren y mejoren datos de fuentes fragmentadas o no estructuradas Crear tuberías que conviertan los insumos crudos en conjuntos de datos fiables y de alta calidad para uso aguas abajo Integraciones de soporte que permitan el acceso programático a los datos de la plataforma, incluidas las capas de interacción impulsadas por IA Contribuir a la evolución de una arquitectura de sistema modular basada en eventos Participar en discusiones sobre diseño de sistemas, planificación técnica y prioridad de ingeniería Propiciar componentes significativos desde el concepto a través de plataformas de producción. Jobot es un Empleador de Igualdad de Oportunidades. Proporcionamos un entorno laboral inclusivo que celebra la diversidad y todos los candidatos calificados reciben consideración para el empleo sin tener en cuenta la raza, color, sexo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, religión, origen nacional, edad (40 años o más), discapacidad, estatus militar, información genética u otra base protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales aplicables. Jobot también prohíbe acoso a solicitantes o empleados basado en cualquiera de estas categorías protegidas. Es política de Jobot cumplir con todas las legislaciones federales y estatais y locales aplicables respecto a considerar el estado del desempleo al tomar decisiones de contratación. Al solicitar este trabajo, usted acepta recibir llamadas, llamadas generadas por IA, mensajes de texto o correos electrónicos de Jobot y/o sus agentes y socios contratados. La frecuencia varía para los mensajes textuales. Se pueden aplicar tarifas de mensaje y datos. Los transportistas no son responsables por mensajes retrasados o no entregados. Puede responder STOP para cancelar y HELP para obtener ayuda.