Senior Back End Engineer

Seattle, OR - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 08-11-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Title: Senior Backend Engineer
Location: Seattle Washington (Can be Remote)
Compensation: $150000 - $180000 Base (Equity is on the table)

An established rapidly expanding company is actively searching for a Senior Backend Architect/Engineer to fill a pivotal fully remote role. This architectural leadership position demands an experienced professional (7 years) skilled in Python and/or Ruby. The successful candidate must have a demonstrated track record of designing building and scaling robust backend systems and APIs. Core responsibilities include a dedicated focus on reducing technical debt utilizing BDD/TDD methodologies and contributing expertise to modern structures such as microservices across cloud platforms like AWS/Heroku.

Focus: Design build and refactor scalable backend systems that power mission-critical operations and partner platforms.
Impact: Directly improve system speed reliability and the engineering teams capacity to deliver revenue-generating initiatives.
Culture: Join an engineering culture committed to BDD/TDD practices and structured mentorship.

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS

Experience: - Minimum 7 years of hands-on backend engineering specializing in high-traffic scalable architecture.
Languages: - Expert proficiency in Python or Ruby (or both).
API & Data: - Deep skill in RESTful API design database modeling and complex querying.
Architectural Insight: - Strong knowledge of design patterns and a proactive approach to system architecture and evolution.

Desired Background (Highly Advantageous)

Deep experience leveraging major frameworks (e.g. Django or Ruby on Rails) to rapidly deploy and scale services.
Demonstrated expertise working with cloud-environments (AWS Heroku) to manage deployment monitoring and scaling of backend systems.
Proven ability to contribute to or design-modern-architectures includingmicroservices or minilith systems focusing on clear service separation.
Domain familiarity or past experience working with Real Estate (or FinTech) platforms that involve high-value regulated transactions.

Benefits: Full Eligibility PTO 401(k) Plan Leaves & Employee Well-being Program

HOW TO STAND OUT

To ensure we fully capture your expertise focus on specific project accomplishments and quantifiable results that provide concrete evidence of your skills.

Links to your GitHub profile especially relevant open-source contributions.
Project websites or live demonstrations
Quantifiable impact from previous or current roles (e.g. reduced API latency by 30%).
Emphasize your commitment to BDD/TDD. Mention which testing frameworks you use and hot you ensure code quality at scale.

HIGHLIGHT YOUR QUALITY COMMITMENT:

Emphasize your commitment to BDD/TDD
Specify which testing frameworks you use.
Detail your approach to ensuring code quality scale

American Headhunters is a specialized talent acquisition partner working with our client to find the best candidate for this high-impact position. This role is a direct hire placement meaning the successful candidate will be hired immediately as a permanent employee of the client company receiving all salary and benefits directly from them starting on Day One. We serve as the primary gateway to this premier opportunity.

Position Title: Senior Backend EngineerLocation: Seattle Washington (Can be Remote)Compensation: $150000 - $180000 Base (Equity is on the table)An established rapidly expanding company is actively searching for a Senior Backend Architect/Engineer to fill a pivotal fully remote role. This archit...