Staff Software Engineer – Backend

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale new features for REST APIs and large-scale data processing pipelines handling high-volume datasets.
• Architect and optimize backend services for high throughput and low-latency performance.
• Develop data-intensive and event-driven applications using Python, TypeScript, Spark, and AWS-native services.
• Work with Spark, EMR, Glue, Kafka, or similar frameworks to process and transform massive datasets.
• Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability across microservices and cloud infrastructure.
• Mentor developers, guide code reviews, and raise engineering quality standards.
• Automate deployments and CI/CD using Terraform, Serverless Framework, and Kubernetes-based workflows.

Requirements

• 7+ years of backend or full-stack engineering experience with a strong backend focus.
• 7+ years of hands-on Python experience (APIs, automation, large-scale data pipelines).
• 3+ years of experience working with TypeScript / Node.js.
• Advanced experience with AWS (EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, Step Functions, etc.).
• Strong practical experience deploying and optimizing production workloads on Kubernetes.
• Proven experience working with large datasets, distributed computing, and batch or stream processing (Spark, Dask, EMR, Glue, Kafka, etc.).
• Solid understanding of system design, distributed systems, scalability patterns, and cloud architecture.

About the Company

Varicent is a market leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), providing cutting-edge SaaS solutions that empower revenue leaders to design smarter go-to-market strategies and maximize seller performance. Our technology is trusted by global industry leaders to unlock untapped potential and drive revenue success.