Senior Backend Engineer - Representation

About Atticus

The Job

What You Will Do

• Own backend systems end-to-end across architecture, design, implementation, and production health.
• Partner with product and design to shape requirements, not only implement them.
• Apply 0-to-1 product thinking to work affecting client wellbeing.
• Mentor engineers with emphasis on backend patterns.
• Work across the stack as needed, from frontend UI to data systems.

Required Experience

• At least 5 years building production software.
• Meaningful seed-stage startup experience or early new-product team experience, with increasing scope and ownership.
• Experience working with strong product managers and designers to ship user-focused solutions.
• Experience designing and operating reliable, scalable backend systems and APIs with strong data modeling and architecture.
• Deep user empathy and a mentoring track record.

Bonus Experience

• Experience with Go.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Terraform, or Docker.
• Background in legal, healthcare, or financial services workflows.
• Experience building consumer or two-sided marketplace products.
• Experience scaling systems, teams, and traffic.
• Interest in developer experience, internal tooling, or process improvement.

Salary and Benefits

• Base salary range is $157,250 to $230,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.
• Benefits include medical and dental insurance, paid vacation and holidays, internet stipend, education reimbursement, student loan assistance, and retirement benefits.

Location

• This is a fully remote role.
• Travel to Los Angeles is expected as needed, approximately quarterly to yearly, for colleague gatherings.