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Senior/Staff Software Engineer – Backend

New York City💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-29 → 2026-10-01

Core

Architect and build highly scalable, low-latency backend systems for real-time in-app communications, storage of billions of user-generated clips, and ML-based feed features.

Role type

Senior/Staff Backend Software Engineer

Builds

Scalable microservices, critical APIs, and backend infrastructure for a gaming clip platform

Domain

Gaming / Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Java, RESTful API design, distributed systems, MySQL/PostgreSQL, cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS), CI/CD, infrastructure as code, system design

Preferred skills

Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, SRE/DevOps, DevSecOps

Technologies

Java, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, Terraform, Salt, GitHub Actions, CircleCI

Responsibilities

Design critical APIs, evolve backend infrastructure, mentor other engineers, drive technical decisions

Seniority

Senior/Staff, hands-on IC with leadership

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