Staff Backend Engineer - Core Product
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Staff Backend Engineer - Core Product in France.
This is a unique opportunity to join a high-impact engineering team building advanced AI-driven systems for a complex and highly consequential industry. In this role, you will design and scale backend infrastructure that powers intelligent decision-making workflows, handling fragmented yet high-value datasets with precision and reliability. You'll contribute to business-critical systems that improve transparency, automation, and operational efficiency at scale.
The environment is fast-paced, highly collaborative, and deeply technical, with a strong focus on experimentation, ownership, and measurable customer impact. Working alongside a globally distributed team of experienced engineers and product builders, you will help shape next-generation AI products with real-world applications. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving challenging backend problems, building scalable systems, and influencing both architecture and product direction.
Accountabilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems, services, and APIs that support core product functionality
- Build robust data pipelines, workflows, and infrastructure to improve data quality, system intelligence, and operational performance
- Contribute to architecture decisions and system design with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate complex business and technical requirements into production-ready solutions
- Develop and optimize asynchronous workflows and cloud-native backend services in distributed environments
- Improve observability, debugging, testing, and monitoring processes across backend systems
- Drive experimentation, iteration, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product performance and decision accuracy
- Mentor engineers, contribute to engineering best practices, and promote a culture of technical excellence and ownership
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong expertise in backend development and distributed systems
- Advanced proficiency in Python or other object-oriented programming languages with the ability to quickly adapt to new technologies
- Strong experience designing scalable systems, APIs, and backend architectures in cloud-based environments
- Hands-on experience with serverless technologies, asynchronous processing, and cloud platforms such as AWS
- Solid understanding of relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, including schema design and performance optimization
- Proven ability to debug complex systems, solve challenging engineering problems, and deliver high-quality production code
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-ownership environments with minimal supervision
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams
- Comfortable operating in experimental and iterative product environments focused on rapid learning and innovation
- Experience with generative AI, LLMs, or machine learning infrastructure is considered a strong advantage
Benefits
- Competitive salary package ranging from $100,000 to $185,000 USD depending on experience and location
- Significant equity options package with long-term growth potential
- Fully remote work environment with a globally distributed and collaborative team
- Annual global offsites and regional meetups in international locations
- 20 days of paid time off each year
- Health and wellness support, including gym and healthy living stipends
- Mobile phone reimbursement stipend
- Continuing education and professional development support
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI technologies transforming a multi-trillion-dollar global industry
How Jobgether Works
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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