Software Engineer, API Enterprise Controls
San Francisco • FullTime
Posted 1mo ago
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
We are seeking an exceptional backend software engineer to help define and ship the enterprise capabilities our API Platform needs to scale. This is a product-engineering role grounded in deep backend systems, where you will work across databases, streaming systems, request routing, authentication, and developer-facing APIs. You will bring strong product judgment, developer empathy, and attention to detail to make the platform easier to understand, trust, and operate. In this role, you will lead large cross-functional initiatives, work closely with Product and go-to-market teams, engage directly with sophisticated users, and carry ambiguous needs from discovery through design, launch, and iteration.
Responsibilities
- Own backend product capabilities end-to-end across authentication, identity, service accounts, key controls, secure networking, compliance, observability, and operational workflows.
- Partner with Product, go-to-market, security, infrastructure teams, and sophisticated customers to identify needs, shape the roadmap, and lead large cross-functional projects from design through launch.
- Design developer-facing APIs, system behavior, configuration, error handling, safe defaults, auditing, and notifications with exceptional care for the details that define a great developer experience.
- Build, operate, and debug highly reliable backend systems spanning databases, streaming infrastructure, request routing, and distributed services, with strong operational ownership.
Requirements
- 9+ years of professional engineering experience in relevant backend, platform, or product-driven engineering roles.
- Exceptional backend engineering depth paired with strong product judgment and a track record of shipping API or platform capabilities.
- Experience leading large cross-functional initiatives, influencing product direction, and aligning cross-functional partners.
- Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or similar, with strong software design and systems fundamentals.
- Experience with distributed systems, databases, streaming systems, request routing, authentication and identity, networking, or enterprise platform controls.
- Strong communication and developer empathy, including experience working closely with product partners and users to turn ambiguous needs into clear technical decisions.
- Strong opinions about reliability, DevOps, and operational excellence, paired with meticulous attention to the details that make complex systems feel simple and dependable.