Staff Backend Engineer, Data Platform

The role

You will own backend systems through the API layer and provide production judgment. You will build robust foundations, handle long-running requests, and perform user-oriented data work.

What you will do

• Own Backend Systems Through the API Layer
• Bring Production Judgment through monitoring and on-call responsibility
• Build for Failure by handling long-running requests and recovery paths
• Lay the Foundation for Scale through robustness and reliability
• Work With Data as a backend engineer
• Be the Senior Backend Voice for the team

Required qualifications

• 6-15 Years of Non-Internship Experience
• Real system or workflow design ownership
• Experience running services in production including on-call and monitoring
• Ability to scope large, ambiguous problems
• Python and SQL baseline

Nice to have

• TypeScript, Go, or Scala experience
• Mentorship Mindset
• React/TypeScript experience
• Go or Scala exposure

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Comprehensive medical coverage, including a $0 employee premium plan option
• 100% employer paid dental and vision coverage for employees and their families
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching contributions
• Flexible PTO including a paid winter closure
• 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Mental health and wellness support
• Catered Lunch - Mon/Wed/Fri
• Employee Shuttles from Newark, NJ and Brooklyn, NY
• Commuter benefits

Before you apply

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States

About the company

Osmo is the Olfactory Intelligence company on a mission to give AI a sense of smell. They are headquartered in Elizabeth, NJ, with an additional office in Somerville, MA.