Remote Staff / Senior Staff Engineer, Backend [ConfigHub]

Description:

• ConfigHub is seeking a Staff/Senior Staff Engineer for their backend team, focusing on building the next-generation configuration experience for cloud applications and infrastructure.
• The role involves designing backend architecture, collaborating with the CTO and CPO on APIs and core product functionality, and building the initial backend.
• The candidate will lead the backend team and incorporate AI to enhance user experience.
• The backend/service will face various technical and design challenges, requiring support for multi-tenant operations and efficient execution of user-provided code.
• The ideal candidate should be able to make key technology and architectural decisions and adapt those decisions as the product evolves.
• The startup environment may present ambiguity in tasks, requiring the candidate to independently identify priorities and communicate plans effectively.
• The candidate should have a vision for the systems they work on while being able to create incremental milestones and make trade-offs to deliver value quickly.
• Previous experience in building SaaS services from concept to launch, including architecture design and hands-on implementation, is preferred.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• A minimum of 5+ years of SaaS backend development experience on a B2B SaaS product is required, covering areas such as authentication, authorization, REST APIs, and multi-tenancy.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Docker is necessary.
• Candidates should have experience leading technical projects.
• Nice-to-haves include experience with Go, building client surfaces like SDKs and CLI, Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager, Kubernetes, GraphQL, startups, B2B SaaS, and open-source contributions.

Benefits:

• The position is fully remote, allowing candidates to work from a location that suits them with a flexible schedule.
• Significant work-hours overlap with the US west coast (Pacific Time) is expected.
• ConfigHub promotes a work-life balance, encouraging employees to maintain relationships with family and friends while building the company.
• The team plans to meet in person at least four times a year to foster collaboration and connection.
• Candidates should have experience with remote work to ensure they can adapt to the physical isolation that may come with it.