Staff Software Engineer, Assets

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Assets based in United States.

This remote-first role is an opportunity to shape backend systems and platform capabilities that support modern, high-performing web experiences. You will architect and evolve distributed systems, APIs, and data-intensive services with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence. The position combines hands-on software engineering with technical leadership across complex, cross-functional initiatives. You will partner with product, design, data, and machine learning teams to turn emerging customer needs and AI/ML capabilities into robust production solutions. You will also influence engineering strategy, improve development standards, and mentor engineers across the organization. This is a high-impact environment for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving ambiguous problems while maintaining a strong bar for quality and craft.

Accountabilities:
- Architect, design, implement, and evolve backend systems, platform services, APIs, and distributed infrastructure using Python and related technologies.

- Partner with data scientists and machine learning engineers to productionize AI/ML capabilities and integrate models into reliable backend systems.

- Design and scale distributed systems capable of processing large volumes of data while maintaining strong performance, availability, and operational reliability.

- Build secure and resilient data storage and retrieval systems with a strong focus on data integrity, privacy, governance, and access control.

- Contribute across the full product lifecycle, from early-stage exploration and technical design through implementation, launch, and ongoing production ownership.

- Lead complex technical initiatives spanning multiple teams, influencing architecture, roadmap execution, and engineering strategy.

- Write maintainable, well-tested, observable code and continuously improve engineering tooling, systems, standards, and development practices.

- Identify opportunities to improve backend platforms, infrastructure, development workflows, and overall engineering effectiveness.

- Conduct thorough code reviews and establish high standards for system design, reliability, and software quality.

- Mentor engineers and share expertise in backend architecture, distributed systems, technical design, and engineering best practices.

- Collaborate with product, design, data, and ML stakeholders to translate evolving business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

- Stay current with emerging technologies and proactively assess opportunities to improve platform capabilities and engineering outcomes.

- Support hiring and team-building efforts where appropriate and contribute to the growth of engineering talent.

Requirements:

- 7+ years of software engineering experience, including deep expertise in backend engineering and distributed systems at scale.

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

- Strong software design and development background with experience in languages such as Python, Java, or Go.

- Proven experience designing, building, and operating reliable distributed systems and data-intensive services in production.

- Strong understanding of scalability, fault tolerance, observability, performance optimization, and operational excellence.

- Advanced knowledge of backend API design, service-oriented architecture, asynchronous processing, data modeling, and modern architectural patterns.

- Experience designing secure systems and implementing robust approaches to data integrity, privacy, and access control.

- Hands-on engineering mindset, with the ability to lead through implementation and contribute directly to production code.

- Demonstrated technical leadership acros