via Ashby
$150K - 210K a year
Own and improve customer data platform backend systems for scalability, reliability, and performance while developing analytics and real-time data syncing features with product and design teams.
Requires at least six years of backend engineering focused on large-scale systems and data processing, experience in SaaS, data activation, or analytics, and strong communication and product orientation.
About the Role Join the backend engineering team at a customer data platform company, building systems that help businesses activate and understand their data. You will shape core product capabilities, with a focus on reliability, performance, and a thoughtful customer experience. What You'll Do Own backend systems, improving their scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Improve data warehouse performance through query optimization and precomputed state. Build analytics and experimentation features for audience creation and performance tracking. Develop real-time audience syncing using change data capture and streaming approaches. Partner with product and design to turn customer needs and product specifications into robust backend solutions. Guide architecture decisions that balance performance, simplicity, and long-term maintainability. What We're Looking For At least 6 years of backend engineering experience designing and delivering large-scale systems. Strong systems design fundamentals and an understanding of large-scale data processing. Experience building backend products in high-growth startup environments, as well as working at established companies. Background in data activation, analytics, or data tooling within SaaS. A product-minded approach, including comfort speaking with customers and iterating on feedback. Strong computer science fundamentals or equivalent technical experience. Clear communication skills, curiosity, and a record of taking on new technical challenges and growing in responsibility. Compensation & Benefits Annual salary range: $180,000 to $320,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is not available. Location Remote within the United States.
This job posting was last updated on 10/13/2026