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Staff Backend Engineer, Core DevOps
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Remote, Canada; Remote, United States
Our take: The real work here is guiding a large backend monolith into clean modular systems while leading engineers through writing, mentoring, and quiet influence rather than authority.
If you love seeing the whole shape of a big backend and quietly steering it somewhere better, this is your kind of problem: a large monolith to modernize into clean, modular systems without breaking what teams rely on. You will lead through clear writing and good judgement rather than a title, mentor strong engineers, and set the standards that let many teams move faster. It suits someone who enjoys deep architecture, honest trade-offs, and the calm competence of on-call when it counts.
Needs
- backend systems design
- untangling a monolith
- quiet technical influence
- clear written proposals
- mentoring engineers
- cross-team work
Rewards
- faster teams
- visible platform impact
- growing other engineers
- leading ai adoption
Demands
- carrying the pager
- remote async work
- working independently
- influence without authority
- escalation during incidents
Grows
- large-system architecture
- learning rust and go
- platform strategy
- turning incidents into fixes
Values
- written transparency
- rigour on quality
- long-term platform thinking
- pragmatic trade-offs
Drains
- chasing technical debt
- standards paperwork
- operational docs
- on-call weeks
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