Machinify
Sr/Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Remote - US · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$250kDetected 43 days ago
JavaRustScalaDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentMachine LearningUX DesignDesign SystemsLeadershipCollaborationProblem SolvingCritical Thinking
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role
- You'll join a highly visible engineering team trusted to solve complex, high-stakes problems using the best of AI, data and software systems.
- You're responsible for writing code that has a significant impact on our customers and future product lines.
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Responsibilities
- Developer Coach/Multiplier - An experienced Java, Scala and/or Rust developer who not only builds production-grade services, but also contributes to setting standards, mentors others, and elevates the team's overall programming maturity.
- Architect and implement complex applications that apply ML techniques to large volumes of data, simplifying labor-intensive processes through good user experience
- Design systems that work together to deliver a good-performing, reliable application
- Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems that run reliably on cloud-services at scale (high throughput, high availability)
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience spread across backend programming (additional full-stack experienced highly desired)
- Proven experience designing and shipping customer-facing web application products, you've built features that serve external users and you're energized by that kind of work!
- Meaningful experience with Java or Scala
- Hands-on experience with agentic engineering tools and workflows in a real production setting.
- Experience reading and understanding complex code, owning code quality and improving it
- Comfort with complexity and curiosity to define the path forward, not wait for one
- We participate in E-Verify as required by applicable law.
Nice to have
- Nice to have - Provides technical leadership on Rust best practices - idioms, safety, and performance as the team scales its adoption across greenfield projects
Compensation
- $200,000-250,000 ~
- In accordance with applicable state laws, we do not inquire about salary history during the recruitment process.
- Competitive salary, 401(k) with company match
- The salary for this position is based on an array of factors unique to each candidate: Such as years and depth of experience, set skills, certifications, etc.
Benefits
- Top Medical/Dental/Vision offerings
- Tuition reimbursement
- Additional health and wellness benefits and perks
- Flexible and trusting environment where you'll feel empowered to do your best work
Company info
- Our engineers empower each other to take action, learn deeply about our customers' needs and unlock innovation with a strong sense of product ownership.
- We are hiring for different levels, and our Recruiting team will let you know if you qualify for a different role/range.
Equal opportunity
- We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
- If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruitment process, please let our recruiters know.
Visa & Work Authorization
- al employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status
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