Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Tranzeal - San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
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Builder Mindset & Ownership: • Take pride in building reliable, secure APIs that developers love to use • Own features end-to-end, from conception through deployment and maintenance • ctively identify and solve problems before they impact customers
Core Platform Development: • Design and maintain scalable, secure APIs that power our suite of platform-specific SDKs • Implement networking features including traffic inspection, protocol-level request manipulation, and proxy systems • Build and maintain robust data pipelines and infrastructure on GCP, AWS, or similar • Contribute to authentication protocol implementation and security infrastructure • Develop and maintain vendor integrations across authentication, database, and DevOps tools
Enterprise-First Mentality: • Manage API versioning and backwards compatibility • Support customer integration efforts and address technical challenges • Collaborate with product and frontend teams to improve customer experience
MUST HAVES: • Should be Senior, Staff, or Tech Lead level • CS degree from a top university • 5 - 8 years of experience building backend systems for highly complex platforms and SDKs • Expert proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js for backend systems and knowledge of security best practices • Experience building and maintaining robust data pipelines and infrastructure on GCP, AWS, or similar • Strong experience with REST API design • CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions • Individually owned features end-to-end from conception through deployment and maintenance • Experience working at an early-stage startup • Previously architected and scaled enterprise level platforms at Tier 1 companies like Palantir and Databricks or competitive Series A-C startups Plusses: • Ex-founder/CTO or early technical lead at high-growth early-stage tech startup • Previous experience at AI/Agent related startups • GraphQL experience • Networking protocols (HTTP, TCP, TLS) experience Soft skills: • ble to take charge individually, scope out projects, and lead initiatives