Senior Backend Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Backend Engineer role is hybrid in San Mateo, CA, with at least four days per week in the office and the remaining workday remote. Compensation is $250,000–$300,000 per year, plus competitive equity. The role supports a technology team building AI-powered business intelligence solutions. The engineer builds scalable backend systems and data pipelines for analytical workloads, contributing to product strategy, technical architecture and engineering practices. The work helps the platform grow securely and efficiently while supporting collaboration with product, leadership and customers.

What you'll do

• Build and scale data pipelines for latency-sensitive analytical workloads
• design secure, cost-efficient and scalable backend systems
• develop backend applications using Python and TypeScript
• collaborate with engineering, product, leadership and customers
• contribute to product strategy, architecture and roadmap decisions
• establish engineering practices and technical standards.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior backend engineer

backend engineering

python

typescript

data pipelines

ai-powered products

business intelligence

san mateo ca

hybrid

$250k–$300k/year

distributed systems

visa sponsorship considered

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Competitive equity
• competitive benefits are referenced but not specified.

Why this role

Requires 4+ years of backend engineering experience and a relevant bachelor’s degree; visa sponsorship may be considered case by case, including TN visas and eligible H-1B transfers.

About the employer

Premier Global Links is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.