Senior Backend Software Engineer – Platform Systems
About The Position
Our client is a U.S.-based technology company building high-performance backend and distributed software platforms used in mission-critical and regulated environments. Their systems operate across complex, heterogeneous compute infrastructures where performance, scalability, and reliability are essential. Purple Squirrel is managing this search on a confidential basis and will evaluate candidates prior to submission to the client. We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Software Engineer to join a core engineering team responsible for scaling and optimizing backend services and computational pipelines. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy working on distributed systems, performance-critical workloads, and infrastructure-aware services. You will design, build, test, and maintain backend software that supports large-scale computation, while taking ownership of projects from concept through production in a fast-evolving technical environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 7+ years of professional software development experience
- Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Go, C/C++, Rust, or Java
- Demonstrated leadership in technical design and architecture from concept through production
- Experience building and operating large-scale backend systems, distributed systems, or networked services
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, containerization, and orchestration technologies
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including testing, debugging, and system reliability
- Experience with performance analysis, large-scale system data analysis, or complex debugging
Responsibilities
- Scaling and optimizing distributed backend systems with a focus on performance, parallelism, and reliability
- Improving computational pipelines by transitioning workloads from CPU-bound implementations to accelerated or heterogeneous compute architectures
- Optimizing production-grade algorithms to increase system capacity, throughput, and service scalability
- Designing backend services with strong observability, fault tolerance, and operational resilience
- Supporting performance analysis, debugging, and system health monitoring in production environments
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define architecture, technical standards, and roadmaps
Benefits
- Opportunity to work on high-impact, performance-critical systems
- Challenging technical problems across distributed systems and backend platforms
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
- Flexible working arrangements aligned with program needs
- Career growth within a scaling technology organization
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
