Staff Backend Engineer

Distributed, 🇺🇸 + 🇨🇦 (US + Canada). Posted 5 months ago

The role

You will own the architecture, delivery, and reliability of the backend for mobile apps and IoT devices. This role involves leading system design, setting technical direction, and mentoring engineers across Mobile, Embedded, and Product teams.

What you will do

Own the architecture, delivery, and reliability of the backend for mobile apps and IoT devices
Lead system design, set technical direction, and mentor engineers
Own and ship high-impact backend projects in a Spring Boot and Hibernate stack
Propose and lead architecture or refactor projects to improve scalability and reliability
Own core areas like IoT device communication, registration/auth flows, or device routine scheduling
Improve observability using Graphite, ELK, or other internal monitoring tools
Lead the design and rollout of new backend systems or large-scale refactors
Build reusable libraries, templates, and patterns

Required qualifications

8+ years of experience in backend engineering
Deep expertise in Java (11+) and Spring Boot
Familiarity and experience with Groovy
Experience with Python backend services
Track record of designing and building scalable, RESTful JSON APIs
Distributed Systems
Java
Groovy
Python
AWS
MySQL
Infra and Monitoring Tools (Ansible, Jenkins, ELK, Graphite, Docker, etc.)

Nice to have

Ansible-based DevOps pipelines
Connected Hardware Experience
MQTT

Benefits

100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees (80% for dependents, including domestic partners)
Meaningful equity
401(k) match with no vesting schedule
16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
16 free therapy sessions (for you and one other adult in your life)
Financial support for family planning
Remote office and monthly internet reimbursement
Friends and family discounts on Hatch products
Exclusive discounts on travel, entertainment, and top retail brands

Before you apply

Must be available during PST/PDT hours
Hatch participates in E-Verify to confirm authorization to work in the U.S.

About the company

Hatch is a sleep wellness company that creates tech to help people and families get better sleep. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, they use the science of habit formation to help people unplug and recharge.