Human Interest is hiring a
Staff Engineer Backend Engineering, Remote - United States
Summary
The job is for a Senior Technical Leader in Human Interest's Engineering team, responsible for leading a team of over 20 engineers across 4 agile teams. The role involves driving technical direction, mentoring engineers, and improving the system’s robustness, scalability, observability, and maintainability.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale backend software products and systems
- Expertise in designing and building modular distributed applications to support a rapidly growing customer base
- Solid understanding of auto-scaling cloud technologies and efficient use of compute, storage, network, and virtualization technologies (preferably AWS)
Responsibilities
- Define forward-looking architectures through designs, establishing tradeoffs in cost vs. value, and gaining buy-in from key stakeholders
- Drive the delivery of prototypes, technical standards, project plans, and roadmaps that align with the product vision
- Coach and mentor senior engineers to improve innovation, efficiency, and technical capabilities
- Deliver features and enhancements that improve complex processes and systems, making them more robust and higher performance with less human intervention
- Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to share knowledge and build expertise
- Raise the bar for team standards, resulting in cleaner, well-documented, and higher-quality code
Benefits
- A great 401(k) plan: Our own! Our 401(k) includes a dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 4% of compensation (immediately vested) and $0 plan fees
- Top-of-the-line health plans, as well as dental and vision insurance
- Generous PTO and parental leave policies
- Addition Wealth - Unlimited access to digital tools, financial professionals, and a knowledge center to help you understand your equity and support your financial wellness
- Lyra - Enhanced Mental Health Support for Employees and dependents
- Carrot - Fertility healthcare and family forming benefits
- Candidly - Student loan resource to help you and your family plan, borrow, and repay student debt
- Monthly work-from-home stipend; quarterly lifestyle stipend
- Employee Resource Groups including Veterans, Lift Ev’ry Voice, Pride, LatinX, Families, and Women in Tech
- Fun online and regional events and celebrations and department and company offsites
- The vast majority of our positions can be 100% remote
This job is filled or no longer available
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