Senior Full Stack Engineer

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Backend Focus)

Full-time | Remote

Salary: $150,000

We are a technology platform on a mission to eliminate communication barriers by connecting users to live, qualified interpreters across hundreds of languages in seconds. We are seeking an experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer with a strong backend focus to architect and scale our core platform services.

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will be primarily responsible for the backend architecture, reliability, and security of our large-scale, real-time platform. You will lead technical direction, solve complex distributed systems challenges, and drive engineering excellence.

What you'll do:

• Develop and maintain scalable, secure platform services that meet critical customer needs, with an 80% focus on backend systems.
• Lead technical discussions and guide architectural decision-making for large-scale, greenfield projects.
• Manage the entire software development lifecycle, from concept to deployment and maintenance, navigating ambiguity in complex environments.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define the technical roadmap.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and bottlenecks, troubleshoot complex technical problems, and optimize operational infrastructure.
• Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence within the team.
• Seamlessly integrate internal platforms and services, ensuring high-quality real-time communication.

Requirements

This role requires a highly experienced individual contributor comfortable with architecting robust systems using our primary backend languages.

Experience and Technical Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in full-stack software development, with a strong backend specialization.
• 8+ years of experience as an individual contributor in software development.
• Expert proficiency in architecting and optimizing robust backend systems, primarily utilizing GoLang and Python.
• Strong experience with our core infrastructure components: Postgres, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, and GCP.
• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks (Vue 3, React Native, JavaScript) for occasional full-stack contribution.
• Bonus points if you have experience with WebSockets, WebRTC, or AI-assisted programming (LLMs).

Work Policy:

• This is a fully remote position.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Benefits

Join a company actively solving a real-world communication problem, offering stability, high impact, and a fully remote work environment.

• Salary: $150,000 (Base Salary).
• Impact: Direct influence on a platform that connects users to qualified interpreters instantly across 300+ languages.
• Work Environment: Fully remote flexibility and the opportunity to work with modern, high-scale infrastructure.

Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

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