Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Spotnana • Palo Alto, CA

2d • $210,000 - $240,000 • Remote

About The Position

A Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer position where strategic leadership, technical excellence, and cross-team influence are highly valued. You’ll lead the design and delivery of critical systems, drive large-scale, high-impact technical initiatives, and shape the evolution of Spotnana’s platform architecture. This role provides opportunities to influence engineering culture, solve complex problems, and make a lasting impact across products and teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years in software development with deep expertise in designing and scaling cloud-native backend systems (e.g., microservices, Kubernetes, distributed systems).
• Extensive experience driving technical direction for large, complex systems and leading cross-functional engineering teams.
• Proven ability to balance long-term technical vision with short-term execution, solving complex technical trade-offs.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, fostering high-performance engineering culture and influencing at all levels.
• Expertise with modern distributed computing frameworks and tools (e.g., Kafka, gRPC, AWS/GCP, databases at scale).
• Excellent communication skills and experience contributing to company-wide technical strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical vision and architecture of large-scale backend systems, shaping the platform’s evolution.
• Drive high-impact, cross-team initiatives from conception to delivery, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices, emphasizing scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Mentor engineers across levels, including senior engineers, guiding the next generation of technical leaders.
• Collaborate on long-term engineering goals, roadmaps, and technical debt reduction.
• Influence cross-functional teams and contribute to hiring and talent development, supporting a diverse, capable, and high-performing team.

Benefits

• Pre-tax and ROTH 401(k) options via Fidelity with up to a 4% company match
• Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability effective on your hire date. We cover 100% of your employee premiums and 85% of your eligible dependents
• Pre-tax flexible spending account options for health, dependent care and commuter expenses
• Flexible PTO in addition to 10 company holidays, and an end-of-year company shutdown
• Up to 26 weeks of parental leave
• Monthly cell phone/internet stipend
• Extra perks — IATAN travel membership, pet insurance, legal services, financial wellness tools, Calm app access, and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed