Staff Software Engineer, Backend

🔍 Why we’re looking for you

We are looking for a mission-driven Staff Backend engineer who is passionate about their craft and committed to building incredible products for our customers.

This role is 100% remote and can be based anywhere in the United States or Canada. For San Francisco-based candidates: we have a new HQ in the Presidio for optional in-person collaboration opportunities!

Our Stack:

Backend: Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, Temporal, PostgreSQL, AWS

Data: ETL pipelines, internal event streams, data syncing across services

Frontend: React, Vue

This role is 100% remote and open to candidates based anywhere in the United States or Canada.

💥 The impact you will have

• Build new products and features 0 to 1
• Take ownership of projects from conception all the way to shipping, ensuring modular, maintainable, and high-quality code
• Deliver value to our end users across our entire system, while maintaining a high bar for code quality, testing, and design discussions
• Shape our product direction by talking to users and collaborating with other teammates in feature brainstorms/roadmap planning
• Mentor more junior teammates and help elevate the skills and expertise of those around you
• Help us build a great team: interview candidates, refer great engineers, and contribute to improving our engineering culture

✅ Minimum requirements

• 8+ years of backend experience, with strong proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript, and cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS)
• Experience building and scaling distributed systems and managing complex async workflows (bonus for Temporal or equivalent tech)
• Experience at product-focused startup/scale-up or rapidly growing technology company
• Proven ability to work across teams and functions to drive measurable business impact
• Dedicated to continuous professional development and possessing a lifelong-learner mindset
• Strong sense of ownership and drive, excellent communication, and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks

🏆 Pay and benefits

• The estimated starting base salary range for this role is $190K-$230K depending on level, location and experience, plus a generous pre-IPO equity package
• Other benefits include comprehensive health coverage, work from anywhere (remote-first workplace), unlimited PTO - plus extra fun perks!

🚩 Notice - Employment Scams

Communication from our team regarding job opportunities will only be made by an Owner employee with an @owner.com email address.

We do not conduct interviews over email or chat platforms, and we will never ask you to provide personal or financial information such as your mailing address, social security number, credit card numbers or banking information. If you believe you are being contacted by scammer, please mark the communication as "phishing" or “spam” and do not respond.