Senior​/Software Engineer, Backend; US - Remote at Syndio

Position: Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Backend (US - Remote at Syndio
Do you want to empower organizations to build smarter compensation strategies while ensuring fair pay for all employees?
Syndio is the leading pay governance and compensation intelligence platform. We help organizations make better pay decisions at every stage of the compensation lifecycle, from leveling and offers to promotions and merit. Our platform gives HR, compensation, and finance leaders the data and decision support they need to govern pay fairly, compliantly, and with confidence. Wepartner with many of the world’s most recognized and respected enterprises, helping them implement leading-edge compensation solutions with expert guidance and analyzing pay for over 10 million employees across the world.
Join us in our mission to help companies make smarter pay decisions they can trust!

About the Role:

We are hiring a Senior or Staff level Backend Engineer to join our core platform engineering group. In this high-autonomy role on a focused team, you will design, build, and scale high-throughput distributed systems that power our core backend services. You will own systems end-to-end - from API design and data modeling to deploying resilient infrastructure and monitoring performance in production.
What You'll Work On   Design, ship, and operate core distributed microservices written in  Go  and  Python .
Build real-time event streaming and data processing pipelines using  Kafka .
Architect performant, flexible API interfaces across  REST ,  GraphQL , and  gRPC  protocols.
Design efficient schemas and optimize query performance for relational storage using  Postgres  and modern  ORMs .
Provision, maintain, and scale cloud infrastructure across  GCP  and  AWS  using  Terraform  and  Git Hub Actions  CI/CD pipelines.
Ensure high reliability, low latency, and operational visibility across backend systems using  Datadog
What We're Looking For    7+ years  building and operating backend systems in production.
Deep comfort with  Go  and  Python , with strong experience building concurrent, high-performance systems.
Strong database fundamentals with  Postgres  and relational  ORMs , including query optimization and schema migration strategies.
Experience building and maintaining event-driven architectures with  Kafka .
Expertise designing production APIs across  REST ,  GraphQL , or  gRPC .
Hands-on experience with cloud environments ( GCP  and/or  AWS ), Infrastructure as Code via  Terraform , and continuous delivery via  Git Hub Actions .
Operational mindset: familiarity with observability, distributed tracing, and metrics tooling in  Datadog .
Strong written communication to author design docs and lead clear PR reviews.
Own a technical domain with light supervision: propose direction in writing with clear specs, take review, ship, and carry the pager for what you shipped.
Why you'll love it here:
Competitive Compensation. For this role our salary is targeted at $180-210k USD or $175-205k CAD per year. Final offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience and expertise.
Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio’s success
Flexible Vacation Policy. We encourage our team to recharge when they need to (up to 20 days PTO in Canada) plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave, and voting leave.
Medical, Dental, Vision. Syndio pays 90% of employee premiums, and 50% for dependents.
Life Insurance & Disability. Syndio covers the full premium.
Remote-first in US + Alberta; in Calgary, non-mandatory office available #LI-Remote
Role Progession   First 30 days:
Onboard into our development workflow, master core platform architecture, and ship your first feature.
First 60 days:
Independently own sub-systems, optimize Postgres/ORM data paths, and manage cloud infrastructure updates via Terraform.
First 90 days:
Lea…