Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role

The infrastructure underneath Strand is what makes everything else possible. Every natural language query, every real-time sync, every anomaly alert traces back to the systems our backend team builds and maintains. This role sits at the core of that.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who thinks in systems, cares about reliability, and wants to work on problems that do not have obvious answers. You will work directly on Pathways, our data pipeline engine, and the APIs that power Cortex, our knowledge graph. You will own meaningful parts of the stack from day one.

This is not a ticket-driven role. We work in small project teams where engineers have full context, real ownership, and direct input on what gets built next.

What You Will Work On

• Design and build the infrastructure that keeps 240+ integrations synced in real time

• Improve the performance and reliability of Cortex, our knowledge graph engine

• Own API design for both internal services and the Nucleus developer toolkit

• Contribute to how we think about scalability, observability, and fault tolerance

• Work closely with ML engineers on the infrastructure that powers Ask and Pulse

• Help define engineering standards and review the work of peers
  
  

What We Are Looking For

• 6 or more years of backend engineering experience, with at least 2 in a senior capacity

• Deep familiarity with distributed systems and the tradeoffs they require

• Strong experience with data pipelines, event-driven architectures, or graph databases

• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or Go

• A track record of building systems that hold up under real-world conditions

• Clear written communication. Most of our coordination is async and context travels through writing

• An instinct for when to ship and when to slow down
  
  

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity

• Fully remote with no required timezone

• 25 days paid vacation plus local public holidays

• 5,000 USD annual learning and development budget

• Home office stipend to set up a workspace that works for you

• Health, dental, and vision coverage

• Annual team offsite

• Extended equity exercise window