Senior Software Engineer; Backend

Overview

Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at Amigo – Amigo builds trust and safety infrastructure for AI in mission-critical environments.

We’re seeking a backend-focused software engineer to design and build core backend infrastructure that powers our agent platform at scale.

• Design and implement high-performance backend services handling concurrent requests at scale
• Build robust APIs and service-oriented architectures that power our agent platform
• Develop systems with concurrency patterns to maximize throughput and reliability
• Implement secure data handling for sensitive healthcare information with proper access controls
• Work with distributed systems concepts like consensus, replication, and fault tolerance
• Build resilient services that gracefully handle failures and maintain high availability
• Optimize system performance through careful concurrency design and resource management
• Solve complex backend challenges with simple, maintainable solutions
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability for backend services
• Collaborate with platform teams to ensure integration across services
• Design systems that scale horizontally while maintaining data consistency
• Contribute to architectural decisions that shape our backend infrastructure

• 4+ years of production-level experience with backend development languages
• Strong experience with concurrency programming, including threads, async operations, and parallelism
• Experience developing large-scale distributed systems or working with distributed architectures
• Background working on SaaS platforms or with Service-Oriented Architectures
• Experience with cloud platforms and container orchestration technologies
• Strong understanding of security best practices and experience with systems handling sensitive data
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts (consensus, replication, partitioning) without necessarily having built foundational frameworks
• Experience with message queuing systems, event streaming, and async communication patterns
• Knowledge of database systems, both SQL and No
  
  SQL, and their scaling characteristics
• Curiosity for elegant solutions and clean, maintainable code
• Strong debugging skills for concurrent and distributed systems
• Strong problem-solving abilities with focus on system reliability and performance

• Experience in healthcare, finance, or other regulated industries
• Understanding of observability and monitoring in distributed environments
• Experience with high-throughput, low-latency system design
• Background with complex data processing systems

• Health & Wellness
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Mental health support and wellness coaching
• Flexible wellness stipend for fitness, therapy, or personal growth
• Daily catered lunch and dinner

• Growth & Development
• Annual learning budget for courses, books, or conferences
• Conference attendance budget for professional development
• Development setup of your choice
• Academic collaboration opportunities

Compensation Range: $180K - $220K

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries:
  Technology, Information and Internet

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