Staff Backend Engineer – Admin Experience

Horizon3.ai

. Set technical direction for backend services and APIs supporting user access, account hierarchies, settings, and administration workflows .

Posted 10/30/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $230,000 - $270,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend service architecture, API design, and production reliability, with a strong focus on mentoring engineers and enhancing engineering practices. Proficient in managing complex multi-tenant systems and ensuring high standards for security and operational readiness.

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Backend Service ArchitectureAPI Design (REST or GraphQL)Distributed SystemsSQL and Relational Data StoresMentoring Engineers

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Hard Skills

PythonGoJavaTypeScriptSQLData ModelingRBACSSOAccount HierarchiesCybersecurity

Soft Skills

Influencing Technical DecisionsCommunicationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

DockerPostgreSQLAWSKubernetesDatadogPrometheusOpenTelemetry

Industry Keywords

SaaSTenant ModelsOperational ReadinessAuditabilityCustomer-Facing Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudCyber SecurityDockerGraphQLJavaKubernetesPostgresPrometheusPythonSQLTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set technical direction for backend services and APIs supporting user access, account hierarchies, settings, and administration workflows
Lead architecture and implementation of cross-cutting work involving authorization, tenant boundaries, and safe evolution of customer account models
Remain hands-on in production code while guiding design decisions, technical tradeoffs, and delivery across the team
Raise standards for API quality, testing, security, observability, rollout practices, and operational readiness
Partner with Product and adjacent teams to align interfaces and keep administration capabilities consistent across NodeZero
Mentor and influence engineers through design reviews, code reviews, pairing, and technical documentation
Diagnose complex production issues and drive improvements that prevent recurrence
Build and improve NodeZero account administration capabilities for user access, parent-child account controls, account settings, roles, access controls, and audit logs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including deep experience building production backend systems
Track record of leading technical direction or architecture for complex services, APIs, or platform capabilities
Strong experience with distributed or multi-tenant systems, data modeling, SQL, and production reliability
Ability to influence technical decisions across teams and communicate architecture and tradeoffs clearly
Experience mentoring engineers and improving the quality and consistency of engineering practices
Deep experience building backend services in a modern language such as Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript
Strong experience with SQL and relational data stores, API design (REST or GraphQL), and cloud-hosted production services
Experience with containerized services such as Docker and with testing and operational practices for customer-facing systems
Experience with RBAC, SSO, account hierarchies, delegated administration, auditability, or identity and access management
Experience with PostgreSQL, AWS, Kubernetes, feature flags, and observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry
Experience in cybersecurity or a customer-facing SaaS platform with complex tenant models
Ability to travel up to 5%

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 you and your family
Flexible vacation policy
Generous parental leave
Fully remote work