We are seeking a Backend Lead at the Senior Staff Engineer/Sr Manager level to provide technical leadership across our backend architecture. This is a senior individual-contributor role with broad scope, responsible for shaping engineering strategy, driving cross-team technical initiatives, and setting the long-term architectural vision for backend systems.nnnKey ResponsibilitiesnnDefine and own the long-term technical architecture and strategy across multiple backend systemsnAct as a technical authority, resolving the most complex and ambiguous engineering challengesnDrive cross-team initiatives involving platform scalability, reliability, and system-wide performancenEstablish engineering standards, governance, and best practices at an organizational levelnProvide technical mentorship to Staff Engineers, Tech Leads, and senior engineers across teamsnPartner with senior leadership (Engineering, Product, Security) to align technical strategy with business objectivesnLead evaluation and adoption of new technologies, frameworks, and architectural patternsnAnticipate scaling challenges and proactively design solutions ahead of business growthnLead root-cause analysis and resolution for major production incidentsnInfluence hiring strategy and engineering culture at a senior levelnnRequired Qualificationsnn7-10 + years of backend engineering experience, including 3+ years operating at a Staff level or abovenDemonstrated experience architecting large-scale, highly available distributed systemsnDeep expertise in backend languages, frameworks, and database technologies (SQL and NoSQL)nProven track record of leading cross-functional,



multi-team technical initiativesnStrong experience with cloud-native architectures, container orchestration, and infrastructure automationnExceptional system design skills, including experience with high-throughput, low-latency systemsnStrong stakeholder management and executive communication skillsnExperience shaping engineering strategy and influencing decisions beyond a single teamnnPreferred QualificationsnnExperience scaling engineering organizations through hyper-growth phasesnPublic speaking, technical writing, or open-source contributions demonstrating thought leadershipnExperience with multi-region, globally distributed systemsnBackground in platform or infrastructure engineering at scalenAviation domain experiencennExternal Job DescriptionnExternal Job DescriptionnRole SummarynWe are seeking a Backend Lead at the Senior Staff Engineer level to provide technical leadership across our backend architecture. This is a senior individual-contributor role with broad scope, responsible for shaping engineering strategy, driving cross-team technical initiatives,



and setting the long-term architectural vision for backend systems.nKey ResponsibilitiesnnDefine and own the long-term technical architecture and strategy across multiple backend systemsnAct as a technical authority, resolving the most complex and ambiguous engineering challengesnDrive cross-team initiatives involving platform scalability, reliability, and system-wide performancenEstablish engineering standards, governance, and best practices at an organisational levelnProvide technical mentorship to Staff Engineers, Tech Leads, and senior engineers across teamsnPartner with senior leadership (Engineering, Product, Security) to align technical strategy with business objectivesnLead evaluation and adoption of current technologies, frameworks, and architectural patternsnAnticipate scaling challenges and proactively design solutions ahead of business growthnLead root-cause analysis and resolution for major production incidentsnInfluence hiring strategy and engineering culture at a senior levelnnRequired Qualificationsnn7-10 + years of backend engineering experience, including 3+ years operating at a Staff level or abovenDemonstrated experience architecting large-scale, highly available distributed systemsnDeep expertise in backend languages, frameworks, and database technologies (SQL and NoSQL)nProven track record of leading cross-functional, multi-team technical initiativesnStrong experience with cloud-native architectures, container orchestration, and infrastructure automationnExceptional system design skills, including experience with high-throughput, low-latency systemsnStrong stakeholder management and executive communication skillsnExperience shaping engineering strategy and influencing decisio .

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