Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Remote - US) at Jobgether

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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Remote - US) at Jobgether. This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of Flex. We are currently looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Backend in the United States.. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the architecture and delivery of backend systems that power high-impact consumer experiences and partner integrations. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design scalable, reliable services while collaborating across engineering, product, and design teams. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and ensure successful end-to-end project delivery. This position combines hands-on development with strategic decision-making in a fast-paced, innovative environment, giving you a direct impact on the performance and growth of critical systems and business platforms.. . Accountabilities:. ·         Design, build, and scale backend services and APIs that support consumer applications, partner integrations, and core business platforms.. ·         Lead technical decisions and contribute to long-term architecture, system design, and service evolution.. ·         Deliver high-impact projects end-to-end, ensuring quality, maintainability, and timely execution.. ·         Collaborate with product, design, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.. ·         Build fault-tolerant systems with multiple external dependencies in distributed environments.. ·         Drive adoption of best practices, including testing, observability, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.. ·         Mentor and support team engineers, raising technical standards and fostering professional growth.. ·         Operate and maintain production services with high availability using monitoring and observability tools.. . ·         6–8+ years of professional software engineering experience, focusing on backend development.. ·         4+ years hands-on Java experience (Spring core/web/boot, Gradle, JUnit, JVM tuning & performance).. ·         Strong computer science fundamentals and experience designing scalable, distributed systems.. ·         Experience delivering multiple high-impact projects end-to-end.. ·         Proficient with AWS (EKS, Aurora RDS, Elasticache, DynamoDB), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).. ·         Skilled in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred), git, and build automation.. ·         Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., DataDog) to maintain service reliability.. ·         Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with globally distributed teams.. ·         Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and elevate team technical standards.. ·         Bonus: Experience in FinTech, payment systems, big data platforms (e.g., Snowflake), or Infrastructure as Code (CDK/Terraform).. Company Location: United States.