Software Engineer (Back End)

Datasite•New York, NY

About The Position

As a Backend Software Engineer, you build on your foundational skills by independently delivering moderately complex features and shaping how we work as a team. You take ownership of your work, collaborate closely with teammates and stakeholders, and begin to influence design and architecture decisions within your domain. Alongside growing your own technical depth, you actively mentor peers and contribute to our shared product and team objectives. How We Work Together: Strategic Technical Leadership Contributions to technical designs reflect informed decisions that align with team architecture and best practices. Trade-offs are thoughtfully evaluated, with suggestions made to improve code structure, tooling, or processes. Code is written to be high-quality, maintainable, and mindful of performance, scalability, and resilience. Cross-Team Collaboration & Influence Product, design, and QA partners are engaged early to clarify requirements, propose solutions, and ensure smooth delivery. Technical concepts are communicated clearly, whether the audience is technical or not. Dependencies and integration points across teams and services are identified and addressed proactively. Problem Solving & Overcoming Obstacles Moderately complex problems are scoped and delivered independently, with attention to edge cases and constraints. Debugging strategies, telemetry, and data are applied to diagnose and resolve both production and development issues. Opportunities to improve system stability, performance, and maintainability are surfaced and acted on. Mentorship & Growth Code review feedback is constructive, actionable, and aimed at helping others grow. New and junior engineers are supported through onboarding and informal mentoring. Expertise in team technologies is deepened, with insights and learnings shared openly. Ownership & Accountability Features and services are owned end-to-end, from planning through production support. Risks, blockers, and delays are communicated early and clearly to keep progress on track. Commitments are followed through reliably, driving team goals forward with professionalism.

Requirements

Backend engineer with a preference toward Java/Kotlin
Experience in designing, building, and maintaining large-scale systems, focusing on clean, scalable, and performant code.
Established in modern programming paradigms and languages, with openness to new ones.
Understanding of testing practices like unit, integration, end-to-end, and high code quality standards.
Exposure to current dev tools: version control, CI/CD, IaC, containers, cloud architectures.
Open to adopt best-fit solutions.
Interested in industry trends, evaluating new tech, and driving sustainable adoptions aligned with business goals.
Openness to incorporating AI into the dev workflow