Backend Staff Engineer at Deuna

Deuna

San Francisco·8h ago

LeadFull-timePythonGolangAWSRedisGraphQLGitAIAPI

Salary Range

$153,000 - $207,000 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

We are seeking a Backend Staff Engineer to join DEUNA, a rapidly growing startup revolutionizing global commerce with ATHIA, our AI-powered orchestration and payments platform. This role is focused on solving highly complex engineering challenges, scaling distributed systems, and setting backend engineering standards across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

→Design and evolve scalable, secure, and resilient backend systems
→Architect high-availability APIs and distributed services
→Write high-quality, production-grade backend code
→Lead refactoring efforts and performance improvements
→Provide technical direction across teams
→Design systems capable of handling high-traffic and transaction-heavy workloads
→Improve system instrumentation and observability

Requirements

✓Extensive experience as a Senior Backend Engineer, Principal Engineer, or Staff Engineer
✓Strong backend expertise in Golang and/or Python
✓Deep experience with distributed systems, API design (REST/GraphQL), and event-driven architectures
✓Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms, system design and performance optimization, and design patterns
✓Experience with AWS and cloud-native infrastructure
✓Strong knowledge of relational and non-relational databases
✓Experience with caching (e.g., Redis) and messaging systems
✓Strong understanding of security best practices
✓Excellent communication skills. Native or fluent English. Spanish is a plus.