Sequen
Staff, Backend Engineer
$300K–$380K
United States · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 6, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of practical backend or platform engineering experience building highly performant, scalable distributed systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
About the job
Build and evolve Sequen’s backend platform for high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems that support AI ranking products.
What you'll do
- Build and scale concurrent platform components for high transactional throughput.
- Design composable platform systems and set technical direction and standards.
- Partner with product, ML engineering, and research teams to deliver platform capabilities and launch research-driven features.
What they ask for
- Expert-level Go (Golang) as the primary programming language.
- Strong systems-level skills and extensive experience designing and operating service-oriented architectures.
- Experience building and scaling systems from 0 to 1 in early-stage or rapidly evolving environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
Nice to have
- Python for machine-learning pipelines and scripting integrations.
- Experience with Kubernetes, terraform, ML models, RESTful and gRPC APIs, or React.
Pay
$300K – $380K USD base salary
Tools
Go (Golang), Python, kubectl, Kubernetes, terraform, NLP, RESTful, gRPC, React
AI focus
Work with ML research scientists to prototype and launch capabilities based on research breakthroughs; build platform infrastructure for AI ranking systems and ML experiences.
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