Staff Backend Engineer

The role

You will own and drive technical work across the backend platform, infrastructure, and AI product surface. You will write production code, make architectural decisions, and mentor other engineers.

What you will do

• Own the architecture and technical roadmap for core platform areas
• Write, review, and ship production code
• Leverage Generative AI tools daily
• Serve as a technical escalation point for complex production issues
• Champion improvements across the enterprise software development lifecycle
• Build demos, prototypes, examples, and technical content
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and sales executives
• Communicate technical decisions and seek feedback
• Mentor and unblock other engineers
• Resolve systemic issues like technical debt and reliability gaps

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Direct experience with Python, Terraform, and cloud infrastructure (GCP required)
• Track record of leading technical initiatives and driving architectural decisions
• Advanced proficiency in Python
• Deep experience building and scaling microservices and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with Python backend frameworks (e.g., Django, FastAPI, Flask)
• Strong programming fundamentals across Python and at least one additional language (JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C++, or Go)
• Advanced, production-grade experience with Kubernetes and Terraform
• Proficiency with API architectures including REST, gRPC, and GraphQL
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or Firebase
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitLab
• Experience with version control systems such as Git

Nice to have

• AWS or Azure
• Familiarity with Node.js-based frameworks (Express.js, NuxtJS)
• Experience building platforms or tools used by other engineering teams
• Experience operating as a de facto technical lead
• Track record of turning ambiguous, underspecified problems into clear technical plans
• Experience mentoring or informally coaching other engineers

About the company

Blitzy is a Cambridge, MA based AI software development platform. It uses an agentic software development platform to autonomously build custom software.