Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Remote)

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Job Summary:

Socure is on a mission to verify identities in real time and eliminate identity fraud. They are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to lead the development of their next-generation Entity Resolution API, focusing on large-scale data processing and real-time search infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture and development of high-performance, cloud-native Entity Resolution APIs.

• Design and implement batch and streaming data pipelines using tools like Kafka, SQS, and Spark to build and update the underlying search index.

• Build and maintain low-latency search APIs powered by ElasticSearch or Vespa to support real-time entity linking.

• Collaborate with data scientists to integrate and deploy ranking models to improve search result quality.

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of applications deployed on Kubernetes, from development and CI/CD to monitoring and scaling.

• Conduct performance tuning and debugging of search systems under high throughput and low-latency requirements.

• Develop tools and metrics to benchmark search quality and system performance.

• Partner with cross-functional teams in data science, infrastructure, and product to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

• Lead design discussions and planning for backend services that incorporate model inference, SQL/NoSQL and Graph databases.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience, with 1+ years in a staff/principal-level role.

• Expertise in search technologies like ElasticSearch or Vespa, including deployment, tuning, and query optimization.

• Strong cloud-native experience, especially with AWS services like S3, SQS, Lambda, and Kafka.

• Proven ability to design, build, and maintain distributed systems handling high-volume data streams and real-time requirements.

• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes-based application development and deployment.

• Strong proficiency in one or more backend programming languages (Java, Scala, Go, Python, etc.).

• Experience benchmarking and deploying machine learning models (ranking, reranking, classification) into production search pipelines.

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL and Graph databases

Preferred:

• Experience with knowledge graphs, entity resolution, or identity data.

• Prior work with real-time event processing frameworks.

• Hands-on experience integrating GraphQL APIs over complex data systems.

• Exposure to privacy, security, or compliance requirements in identity or fintech environments.

• Knowledge of Graph Databases and Open Cypher Queries

• Familiarity with data pipeline frameworks (e.g., Apache Beam, Spark Structured Streaming) is a plus.

Company:

Socure is a predictive analytics platform for digital identity verification of consumers. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in Incline Village, Nevada, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. Socure has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.