18h ago

Senior Backend Engineer

Vienna, VA, USA

$180k-$220k / yearest.

full-timeseniorsoftware

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll design and build core platform systems for a deterministic simulation platform that finds bugs automatically. Your work will have direct impact on software reliability in the age of AI-generated code.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Design, build, and operate core platform systems.
  • Contribute to Pangolin, a purpose-built database.
  • Evolve foundational platform primitives like data access layers.
  • Own reliability end-to-end with on-call rotation.

📋 Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience building APIs, services, or storage engines.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems.
  • Hands-on API design and shipping experience.

✨ Nice to Have

  • Rust experience.
  • Query planning/optimization background.
  • Multi-tenant platform or authz background.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 🏖️ Unlimited PTO
  • 💰 Competitive salary and equity
  • 🏥 Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 🍽️ Free lunch and snacks
  • 🚆 Commuter benefits

🚩 Heads Up

  • Role expects both backend engineering and database development, which may require rare expertise.
  • On-call rotation without explicit mention of compensation or support.
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