Principal Backend Engineer, Enterprise Platform

Horizon3.ai

. Set long-term technical direction for Enterprise Platform capabilities, including licensing and entitlements, user access and account administration, onboarding and provisioning, notifications, and MSP/MSSP client and sub-client workflows .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $255,000 - $295,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in building and operating production backend services, with a strong focus on multi-tenant SaaS systems and technical leadership. Capable of guiding architectural decisions, mentoring technical talent, and communicating effectively with diverse stakeholders.

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Backend Services DevelopmentMulti-Tenant SaaS ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipAPI DesignCloud-Hosted Services

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Hard Skills

PythonGoJavaTypeScriptSQLRelational Data ModelingAPI DesignService DesignContainerizationKubernetes

Soft Skills

MentorshipCommunicationCollaborationTrust BuildingProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

DockerCloud ServicesObservability ToolsMonitoring ToolsIncident Management

Industry Keywords

Enterprise PlatformLicensing and EntitlementsUser Access ManagementAccount AdministrationProduction Reliability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerJavaKubernetesPythonSQLTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set long-term technical direction for Enterprise Platform capabilities, including licensing and entitlements, user access and account administration, onboarding and provisioning, notifications, and MSP/MSSP client and sub-client workflows
Guide architecture for multi-tenant services and account models, including parent-child relationships, permissions, product access, usage limits, and asset allocation
Partner with Engineering, Product, and business leaders on technical priorities and investment decisions
Lead high-impact, cross-team technical initiatives from ambiguous problem to durable solution
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, technical investigations, and hands-on contributions to critical systems
Improve production reliability and supportability through testing, observability, monitoring, alerting, safe rollouts, incident learning, runbooks, and support documentation
Balance product delivery with operational support, on-call health, and long-term platform investment
Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders and create reusable technical guidance
Communicate architecture, risks, and decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Develop and operate foundational services powering NodeZero’s customer and partner experiences

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Extensive professional software engineering experience building and operating production backend services
Demonstrated technical leadership and impact beyond a single team
Experience designing APIs and data models for multi-tenant or customer-facing SaaS systems
Deep experience building and operating backend services in Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript
Strong SQL and relational data modeling experience
Experience with API and service design for production systems
Experience building cloud-hosted services
Experience operating containerized applications such as Docker
Familiarity with Kubernetes or a comparable orchestrator
Sustained technical impact across multiple teams, including contributions shaping company-level technical direction
Deep experience with backend services or multi-tenant SaaS platforms, including production ownership of business-critical systems
Strong architectural judgment across complex data models, distributed systems, security, reliability, and scalability tradeoffs
History of earning trust with senior technical, product, and business partners
Track record of raising engineering quality and developing senior technical talent through influence and mentorship
Up to 5% travel may be required
Legally authorized to work in the United States

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity package in the form of stock options for all full-time roles
Career development opportunities
Collaborative environment encouraging creativity and out-of-the-box thinking
Health, vision, and dental insurance for employees and families
Flexible vacation policy
Generous parental leave
Remote work