Staff Backend Software Engineer

Staff Backend Software Engineer

Company: Confidential — first outbound operating system for SMS
Location: San Francisco, CA (in office 5 days per week)
Compensation: $225,000 - $300,000 + competitive equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Not available (US citizens and green card holders)

About the Company

The client is the first outbound operating system for SMS, giving enterprise brands AI-first infrastructure to deliver campaigns at scale across enterprise, SMB and political messaging. It delivers billions of messages a month.

Founded in 2023, the client recently raised a $50M Series A from top-tier investors and is a team of about 18.

The Role

The client is hiring a Staff Backend Software Engineer (6+ years) to own and build the core backend systems behind its highly scalable SMS messaging infrastructure. You will join a small, elite team with massive technical impact, and should have strong career velocity and a record of building 0-to-1 products at high-growth startups (pre-seed to Series B).

What You Will Do

• Own and build core backend systems across routing, messaging, delivery and automation.
• Design and ship scalable services handling billions of messages a month.
• Drive 0-to-1 development of entire product surfaces, not just features.
• Work closely with a lean engineering team.
• Solve hard infrastructure problems at scale while moving quickly from idea to production.

What You Bring

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience
• A record of building 0-to-1 products at high-growth startups (pre-seed to Series B)
• Experience with high-scale, queue-based infrastructure
• Node.js/TypeScript and AWS experience
• Ability to work in the San Francisco office 5 days a week
• US work authorization without sponsorship

Tech Stack

Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, SQS, queue-based infrastructure

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REVENUE: 17% of first-year salary. Est. fee per hire $38K-$51K; 3 seat(s) = up to $134K if all filled.

TARGET COMPANIES (suggested): Attentive, Postscript, Twilio, Klaviyo, Iterable, Braze.

BEST-FIT CANDIDATE: 6+ yrs; 0-to-1 at high-growth startups; high-scale backend/queues; Node/TS; visa: NO sponsorship; location: SF 5 days.