Description:

Join SignalFire’s Talent Network for Staff Backend Engineer roles at VC-backed startups.
SignalFire partners with top early-stage startups that are shaping the future of technology, with a portfolio of over 200 innovative companies across various sectors including AI, cybersecurity, healthtech, fintech, developer tools, and enterprise SaaS.
This opportunity is for exceptional Staff Backend Engineers who are interested in building scalable, high-performance systems at early-stage startups.
By joining the Talent Network, your profile will be shared with portfolio companies, providing visibility into exclusive early-stage opportunities that may not be publicly listed.
This is not an application for a specific job; it is a way to get on the radar of VC-backed startups actively hiring backend engineering talent.
If a company is interested in your background, they may reach out directly.

Requirements:

Candidates should be passionate about building backend architectures, APIs, and scalable distributed systems.
Candidates should be excited about joining early-stage startups and working on high-performance backend infrastructure.
Candidates should have experience in optimizing databases, building cloud-native applications, and scaling backend systems.
A minimum of 5+ years of experience in backend development, with a proven track record of building scalable systems is required.
Expertise in backend frameworks such as Node.js, Django, Flask, Ruby on Rails, FastAPI, or Spring Boot is necessary.
Strong experience with databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, and Redis is required.
Proficiency with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure and containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes is essential.
Strong coding skills in languages such as Python, Go, Java, Node.js, or Ruby are required.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools is expected.

Joining SignalFire’s Talent Network provides access to exclusive early-stage opportunities at innovative startups.
Candidates will have their profiles reviewed on an ongoing basis to identify strong matches for backend engineering roles.
If matched, candidates may be contacted directly by a SignalFire talent partner or a leader from one of the startups.
Even if there is no immediate match, candidates' profiles will be kept on file for future backend engineering roles within the portfolio.