Staff Software Engineer, Backend

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Kantiv is a technology company revolutionizing the way professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry manage marketing and revenue operations. Our AI-powered software streamlines workflows, making it easier for teams to collaborate, innovate, and succeed.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Principal Backend Engineer / Architect to lead the technical direction of our core backend systems and serve as a cornerstone for our engineering culture. Along with writing complex code; you will be the technical anchor for the team, designing scalable cloud architectures and establishing rigorous engineering standards. Your goal is to act as a force multiplier—training, mentoring, and guiding our developers to elevate their skills while ensuring our platform remains resilient, performant, and ready to scale alongside our rapidly growing AI capabilities.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

- System Architecture: Design, build, and evolve scalable, resilient, and high-performing backend services and APIs that power our AI-driven platform.

- Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Act as an expert guide for the engineering team. Train and upskill developers through architectural whiteboarding, pair programming, and thoughtful, constructive code reviews.

- Hands-on Engineering: Lead by example by tackling the most complex technical challenges, writing clean, maintainable code, and setting the quality standard for the rest of the team.

- Engineering Excellence: Define and enforce organization-wide best practices for system design, database schemas, automated testing, and observability to ensure our systems are robust and production-ready.

- Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner closely with Product, Platform, and AI engineering teams to ensure architectural alignment, seamlessly bridging traditional web backends with cutting-edge machine learning workloads.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

- 8+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with a proven track record of architectural leadership, system design, and technical team leadership.

- Backend & API Mastery: Deep expertise in designing distributed systems, modern APIs (REST, GraphQL), microservices or modular monoliths, and complex data models.

- Polyglot Proficiency: Strong programming skills in modern backend languages (such as Python, Go, or similar) with the architectural wisdom to choose the right tool and design pattern for the job.

- Mentorship Mindset: Demonstrated experience leading, training, and leveling up mid-level and junior engineers. You possess the emotional intelligence to lead with empathy and the communication skills to explain complex concepts simply.

- Cloud & Infrastructure Fluency: Solid understanding of public cloud environments, containerization, and how to architect cost-effective systems that leverage cloud-native services.