Staff Backend Engineer
Socure · Remote · Remote - USA ·
COMPENSATION
$225k – $265k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Staff level role
- Distributed systems
- Technical leadership
- Mentorship focus
- Identity fraud prevention
Join Socure as a Staff Backend Engineer to build infrastructure that verifies identities and prevents fraud in real time. You will act as a technical leader, designing scalable core components and guiding architectural decisions for high-impact products.
This position requires driving large-scale initiatives, conducting code reviews, and mentoring team members. You will collaborate across functions to ensure the delivery of secure, modular, and reliable software solutions.
What you'll do
- Design and implement complex core components for distributed systems
- Architect solutions focusing on scalability, security, and maintainability
- Conduct code and architecture reviews to uphold engineering standards
- Drive planning and delivery of large, complex engineering initiatives
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance
- Propose new projects to enhance platform performance and reliability
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 8–12 years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven track record leading large-scale engineering projects
- Expert-level programming skills and mastery of engineering principles
- Strong experience building scalable, distributed systems
- Deep understanding of system design and performance optimization