Socure
Staff Backend Engineer
$225K–$265K
Remote - USA · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Mar 25, 2026
- Experience
- 8–12 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Provides technical leadership for designing, building, and delivering scalable backend systems and software that help prevent identity fraud.
What you'll do
- Design and implement complex core components and distributed systems, with attention to scalability, security, modularity, and maintainability.
- Lead complex initiatives, coordinate engineering work, and conduct code and architecture reviews.
- Mentor engineers and identify opportunities to improve platform performance, reliability, and developer productivity.
What they ask for
- Proven experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects.
- Expert-level programming skills and mastery of software engineering principles.
- Strong experience designing and building scalable, distributed systems.
- Ability to develop complex systems and guide team architectural decisions; deep understanding of system design, performance optimization, and reliability.
Pay
$225K – $265K (base salary); equity and bonus offered, amounts not stated
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