Osmo
Staff Backend Engineer, Data Platform
$220K–$275K
Elizabeth, NJ +1 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Location
- Elizabeth, NJ
Somerville, MA - Experience
- 6–15 years of non-internship experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship availability is not stated.
About the job
Own backend systems through the API layer, establish production reliability and recovery practices, and guide a junior engineering team in scoping and solving foundational problems.
What you'll do
- Own backend systems through the API layer, including monitoring and on-call responsibilities.
- Build robust handling and recovery paths for long-running requests and failures in dependent systems.
- Bring senior-level problem solving and design ownership while focusing on foundational reliability rather than premature scaling.
What they ask for
- 6–15 years of non-internship experience.
- System or workflow design ownership and production service ownership, including on-call and monitoring.
- Python and SQL.
- Based in NYC/NJ.
Nice to have
- Mentorship experience; React/TypeScript exposure.
- Go or Scala experience.
Pay
$220K – $275K USD base salary
Tools
Python, SQL, TypeScript, Go, Scala, React
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