Engineering Manager, Core Backend Services

Embrace the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!Whatnot stands as the premier live shopping platform across North America and Europe, where enthusiasts can buy, sell, and discover their favorite items. We are revolutionizing e-commerce by merging community, shopping, and entertainment into a unique marketplace tailored for you. As a collaborative remote team, we thrive on innovation and are grounded in our core values. With a presence in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we are collectively shaping the future of online marketplaces.From fashion and beauty to electronics and collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and live plants, our live auctions cater to diverse interests.And this is just the beginning! As one of the fastest-growing marketplaces, we are in search of visionary problem solvers across all departments. Stay updated with our latest endeavors through our news and engineering blogs, and become part of our mission to empower individuals to transform their passions into thriving businesses while fostering community through commerce. Role OverviewAs a pivotal senior leader within our Infrastructure team, you will be instrumental in the growth and enhancement of Whatnot’s platform. You will manage our Platform Engineering team, collaborating closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to develop scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems that can accommodate millions of users as we expand.Key Responsibilities:Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of talented engineers, guiding them through complex technical challenges while fostering their personal and professional development.Craft and execute strategic roadmaps for platform engineering that align with organizational goals, ensuring scalability and enhancing developer productivity.Prioritize enabling engineers to work efficiently and rapidly, utilizing and building on our platform services.Engage with cross-functional teams to influence product strategies and ensure engineering solutions fulfill both business and technical requirements.Champion best practices in software engineering, emphasizing the reduction of technical debt, enhancement of code quality, and the continual evolution of engineering methodologies.

At Vendia, we are revolutionizing the way businesses engage with AI agents. Our goal is to simplify, accelerate, and secure AI integration while ensuring governance, transparency, and control throughout the process.We are in search of a Senior Backend / Core Engineer to enhance and expand Vendia’s distributed AI data platform. You will be responsible for crucial backend systems, ensuring scalability, availability, low latency, and fault tolerance for our highly multi-tenant platform. Your role will involve designing, developing, and delivering customer-facing functionalities that enable enterprise users to manage and share extensive operational data in real time.

About Our TeamJoin our dynamic Core Services team, where we play a pivotal role in developing and overseeing essential services that underpin our operations. We connect core infrastructure—such as compute, storage, and networking—with product engineering teams, empowering them to innovate quickly, build with dependability, and scale effectively.Role OverviewAs a Software Engineer on our Core Services team, you will be instrumental in designing and managing vital backend platforms, including caching systems, workflow orchestration, metadata storage, and file services. Your focus will be on crafting highly reliable, scalable, and efficient systems that serve as the foundation of our product offerings.We seek individuals who are passionate about developing infrastructure that enhances product teams, relish tackling challenges in distributed systems, and take pride in creating well-architected APIs and abstractions that streamline development processes.This position is based in San Francisco, CA, utilizing a hybrid work model of three days in the office each week, with relocation assistance provided to new hires.Your Responsibilities Will Include:Designing, building, and maintaining shared infrastructure services, including caching layers, workflow orchestration (e.g., Temporal), metadata stores, and file storage solutions.Collaborating with product teams to deliver scalable and reliable primitives that simplify the complexities of distributed systems.Enhancing the performance, resilience, and scalability of core services that underpin our customer-facing applications.You Will Excel in This Role If You:Possess experience with distributed systems, caching frameworks (e.g., Redis, Memcached), metadata storage solutions (e.g., FoundationDB), or workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Temporal, Cadence).Have experience managing containerized services within cloud environments and integrating them into automated CI/CD workflows.Comprehend the trade-offs involved in consistency models, replication strategies, and performance optimization for multi-region systems.Exhibit strong communication skills and thrive in collaborative environments, with a fervent commitment to delivering exceptional customer outcomes.About OpenAIOpenAI is a pioneering organization in AI research and deployment, dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence serves the greater good of humanity. We strive to make transformative technologies accessible and beneficial for all.

About the TeamAt OpenAI, our Core Services team plays a pivotal role in constructing and managing the essential online services that our product teams depend on for production. We specialize in foundational distributed systems and platform capabilities that ensure reliable execution, deliver high-performance services, and address large-scale data/file needs across our diverse product suite. Unlike developer and data infrastructure, our focus is on establishing robust production service foundations and core runtime services.About the RoleWe are seeking an Engineering Manager for our Core Services division. In this leadership position, you will guide teams responsible for designing and maintaining reliable, high-scale distributed systems that are vital for OpenAI’s product ecosystem. Your team will oversee the foundational production systems that serve as the backbone for our product engineering initiatives. You’ll work closely with product and infrastructure partners to expedite the delivery of dependable services and facilitate the scaling of both systems and teams as OpenAI continues to grow. Collaborating with senior engineering leaders, you will help evolve organizational structures, enhance operational processes, and spearhead significant platform initiatives. A strong technical background is essential for success in this role.Your Responsibilities Include:Leading and nurturing a high-performing team of infrastructure engineers.Overseeing teams that build and manage critical production platforms with a focus on cluster reliability, scalability, and rollout safety.Developing and operating mission-critical distributed systems with a strong emphasis on operational excellence (SLOs, incident response, capacity planning, reliability).Defining technical direction for foundational platforms, including workflow/orchestration capabilities, large-scale storage solutions, and core service infrastructures.Collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, including product engineering teams, adjacent infrastructure teams, and finance/cost partners as necessary.Mentoring and developing engineers and aspiring leaders within the organization.You Will Excel in This Role If You:Possess extensive experience leading teams that manage mission-critical infrastructure in production environments.Have a proven track record in operating mission-critical services or building core distributed systems.Have experience in developing platform-like systems (e.g., orchestration/workflow execution, service platforms) and/or large-scale storage solutions.Are adept at building systems that enhance operational efficiencies and reliability.

Are you ready to discover your true potential?At Coinbase, our mission is to foster economic freedom across the globe. This ambitious vision requires the utmost dedication as we construct the future of the onchain platform and, in turn, the global financial system.We are in search of an exceptional candidate who resonates with our mission and is a firm believer in the transformative power of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. We seek individuals eager to make a significant impact, thrive under pressure, and actively solicit feedback for continuous improvement. If you enjoy tackling complex challenges, we want you on our team.Our work culture is dynamic and demanding, catering to those who aspire to build the future alongside top-tier professionals who expect excellence from each other.While many positions at Coinbase are remote-first, we value in-person collaboration and hold several team and company-wide offsite events throughout the year to strengthen our connections and ensure alignment. Participation is encouraged and fully supported.The Core Automation team envisions a future where AI-driven operations create seamless and delightful customer experiences while maximizing shareholder value. Our strategy is to 1) initiate automation in critical areas like Customer Support and Compliance using Agentic AI, 2) learn from these experiences to develop foundational tools and orchestration solutions for scalability, and 3) expand into various domains, enabling AI to enhance every aspect of customer interactions and internal processes.Today marks a new beginning for us. We are dedicated to automating customer support and compliance processes, not merely to increase efficiency through automation but to reimagine how these systems and processes should function in a fully AI-driven environment. Our goal is to build this vision collaboratively across teams, delivering an exceptional customer experience, enhancing compliance efforts, and driving substantial shareholder returns.

Join Loft Orbital as a Backend Engineer on our innovative Data Management Services (DMS) team, where you will play a crucial role in transforming satellite data into actionable insights.At Loft Orbital, our DMS team is responsible for the Cockpit backend services that efficiently transfer payload data from our satellites to our valued customers. You will collaborate with a dynamic team that develops and maintains systems for data ingestion from ground stations, ensuring data is processed, categorized, tracked, and delivered reliably to both internal tools and external endpoints.As part of your role, you will design and scale microservices and data pipelines that connect ground segment, satellite operations, and customer deliveries, turning raw data from orbit into useful products. You will work closely with backend developers, ground software engineers, flight software teams, space infrastructure experts, and customer operations personnel, directly impacting the speed and reliability of data delivery to our clients. We also provide SatDevOps training, allowing you to not only create the tools but also utilize them in spacecraft operations.If you are passionate about building backend systems that handle and transform satellite data at scale, and you enjoy both deploying code and observing its performance in real-world operations, we encourage you to apply.

About KiddomKiddom is an innovative educational platform dedicated to fostering equity and growth in students by integrating high-quality instructional materials with engaging digital learning experiences. Our platform enables schools and districts to take charge of their curricula, resulting in personalized learning experiences that cater to the unique needs and goals of local communities. With comprehensive insights for teachers and leaders, Kiddom supports ongoing improvement in instructional decision-making, school programming, and professional development.The Systems Engineering and Core Services team is responsible for the foundational APIs, services, data storage solutions, and developer tools that ensure an exceptional product experience for our users and a seamless developer experience for our engineering teams. A typical day involves identifying challenges and collaborating cross-functionally to devise effective project plans that tackle complex problems.In this position, you will merge technical leadership with strategic influence, shaping Kiddom’s systems for scalability each academic year. You will work with programming languages like Go, TypeScript, and Python, utilizing technologies ranging from web APIs to graph databases, edge computing, and large language models (LLMs). This is a unique opportunity to spearhead technical advancements across the organization, guiding fellow engineers to achieve their best work with the tools you select and advocate for. You are exceptionally skilled at troubleshooting issues such as null pointer exceptions.Note: A set of questions is included in the application process. Failure to complete them or selecting N/A will automatically disqualify you.

Strava connects more than 180 million athletes across 185 countries, offering tools for tracking workouts, setting goals, and sharing progress. The platform supports a range of activities, including running, cycling, and swimming, and encourages community and personal growth. Role overview The Staff Engineer, Core Services Platform, will influence the technical direction of Strava’s social platform services. These services support key features such as the activity feed, photo and video sharing, experimentation, and notifications. This role involves guiding a small engineering team and leading modernization efforts across core services. Collaboration with product teams is central to ensuring the platform evolves to support both current and future needs. Work location This position follows a flexible hybrid schedule. In-office attendance is required three days per week at Strava’s San Francisco or Denver offices.

Who We AreAt Pave, we are revolutionizing the compensation landscape with our industry-leading platform. By merging the largest real-time compensation dataset with cutting-edge AI and machine learning expertise, we empower over 8,500 companies to make informed compensation decisions with unmatched confidence.Leading organizations such as OpenAI, McDonald’s, Instacart, Atlassian, Synopsys, Stripe, Databricks, and Waymo leverage Pave to transform their pay strategies into a competitive edge. Our platform manages an impressive $190 billion in total compensation spend, with 70% of the Forbes AI 50 utilizing Pave for benchmarking compensation.The future of compensation is here, characterized by real-time and predictive capabilities—and we are at the forefront of this transformation. With $160 million raised from prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Craft Ventures, we are set to reshape the industry.Core Platform @ PaveOur Core Platform team is at the heart of Pave Engineering, bridging the gap between product and platform engineering. We are responsible for developing foundational services, APIs, and abstractions that empower every team to deliver enterprise-grade software efficiently and confidently. In this pivotal role, you will oversee essential services like user authentication and authorization, as well as the underlying data infrastructure and models that drive Pave’s compensation intelligence platform. Achieving success in this position requires robust systems thinking and the capability to spearhead complex initiatives across the organization.Discover more about our engineering principles here!

Empower Every Identity, from AI to HumansAt Okta, we recognize that identity is the cornerstone of unlocking AI's potential. We secure AI by developing trusted, neutral infrastructures that allow organizations to safely navigate this transformative era. This endeavor demands a relentless commitment to addressing complex challenges with significant real-world implications. We seek builders and innovators who act with urgency and deliver excellence.The Core Engineering TeamOkta facilitates secure authentication and authorization for thousands of organizations globally, ensuring safe and seamless access for billions of logins. Our Core team is dedicated to creating software and frameworks while collaborating with infrastructure teams to achieve an exceptional 99.99% uptime for our core products.The Software Engineering Manager RoleAs part of Okta's Core Engineering team, you will lead the evolution of shared infrastructure and services that underpin all engineering efforts. Our responsibilities encompass essential shared services like search, cache, configuration management, asynchronous job management frameworks, and email pipelines. Being cloud-native, we prioritize redundancy, multi-tenancy, scalable solutions, resource optimization, and resiliency. With Okta's commitment to being 'Always On!', there is never a dull moment. Our greatest asset is our enthusiastic team of engineers and technically skilled managers.Your ResponsibilitiesLead a distributed team by setting clear expectations, removing obstacles, fostering collaboration, managing recruitment, and providing coaching and career development discussions.Collaborate with cross-functional teams including managers, architects, product owners, project managers, and security engineers to implement best practices for resilience.Effectively communicate and coordinate cross-team projects that have a significant business impact.Contribute to defining the team's strategic direction and roadmap.Develop backend frameworks and tools for organization-wide scalability.Engage in incident root cause analysis to foster continuous improvement in reliability and scaling.Provide technical mentorship to team engineers.Drive the evaluation, development, and deployment of new services.

About AirwallexAirwallex stands as the premier unified payments and financial platform for businesses seeking to operate on a global scale. Our innovative blend of proprietary infrastructure and advanced software equips over 200,000 enterprises worldwide—such as Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, and SHEIN—with comprehensive solutions for managing business accounts, payments, expenditure, treasury, and embedded finance efficiently.Founded in Melbourne, Airwallex boasts a dynamic team of over 2,000 tech innovators across 26 international offices. With a valuation of US$8 billion and support from prestigious investors like T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, and Sequoia, we are at the forefront of shaping the future of global payments and financial services. If you are prepared to undertake the most ambitious chapter of your career, we invite you to join us.

About CrunchyrollFounded by avid fans, Crunchyroll passionately delivers the art and culture of anime to a vibrant community. We empower over 100 million anime and manga enthusiasts across more than 200 countries and territories, connecting them with the stories and characters they adore. Our multifaceted offerings, ranging from online and in-person experiences to streaming video, theatrical releases, games, merchandise, events, and more, are driven by the anime content we cherish.Join our dynamic team, and help us shape the future of anime!About the RoleWe are actively seeking a skilled Engineering Manager for our Apple Core team to spearhead the development and maintenance of the shared systems, tools, and pipelines that drive our iOS, tvOS, and visionOS applications. This role is crucial for steering the technical vision, roadmap, and operational excellence of our Apple platform infrastructure. You will lead an accomplished group of engineers focused on scalability, reliability, performance, and developer efficiency — enabling our feature teams to deliver outstanding experiences to millions of users.As the Engineering Manager of Apple Core, you will mentor, inspire, and cultivate the team while ensuring we deliver robust, high-quality infrastructure that aligns with our business objectives and technical standards.

Join DoorDash as an Engineering Manager to lead our Backend Frameworks team, where you will shape the technical vision and drive the development of robust backend application frameworks for all engineering teams. Collaborate with senior engineers and stakeholders to enhance platform reliability, velocity, and efficiency. Your role will entail defining and building standards that empower engineers, addressing immediate challenges while anticipating future needs. This position influences our Python, Go, and Kotlin frameworks, combining greenfield projects with established successes. Ideal candidates will be located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Seattle, Los Angeles, or New York.

Join Loft Orbital as a Backend Engineer within our Mission Operations Services (MOS) team. In this role, you will be responsible for the development and scaling of backend services that empower Loft operators and clients to command, monitor, and automate our satellite fleet using Cockpit, our advanced mission control system. Your work will involve transforming high-level directives into secure and reliable operations in orbit.Collaboration is key as you will engage with various satellite platforms and work closely with teams specializing in backend development, flight software, embedded systems, testing, and satellite operations. This hands-on position will allow you to not only create new systems but also troubleshoot live missions. We also provide SatDevOps training, enabling you to use the tools you develop to actively operate spacecraft.If you're passionate about building the backend systems that control satellites and enjoy both writing code and supporting mission flights, we invite you to connect with us.

About UsWe are an innovative stealth-mode company funded by a16z Speedrun, dedicated to empowering leading consumer brands to achieve exceptional growth. Our cutting-edge solutions have gained the trust of pioneering organizations like Higgsfield and Promova among others. As we expand, we seek talented individuals who are eager to make a significant impact in the realm of consumer technology. You will be part of a passionate team at a crucial juncture, thriving in an environment that champions initiative, ambition, and creative solutions.The RoleAs a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be instrumental in developing and maintaining the essential backend infrastructure that powers our products. Your responsibilities will include:Designing scalable architectures that effectively support new product features and business objectives.Leading the development, deployment, and optimization of backend services to ensure top performance, reliability, and maintainability.Collaborating with cross-functional teams to seamlessly integrate third-party platforms, APIs, and cutting-edge AI technologies.Facilitating technical discussions, providing mentorship, and sharing best practices with fellow team members.Actively contributing to the continuous enhancement of our engineering standards and development workflows.Proactively identifying and addressing complex technical challenges to ensure stable and secure operations.What We ExpectA minimum of 5 years of professional experience in backend development, showcasing a history of delivering reliable and scalable systems.Advanced expertise in server-side programming and experience in designing database-driven applications.A solid understanding of API development, systems integration, and software engineering best practices.Proven experience in building and maintaining production environments that scale effectively for real users.An independent, proactive approach to problem-solving, coupled with the ability to drive projects forward.A commitment to joining our team full-time, with a desire to grow within a fast-paced, ambitious startup.How to ApplyPlease send us a brief introduction about yourself, along with a description of a technical project or system you are most proud of. We are excited to learn how you can contribute to our vision and success.

About the PositionAs a Senior Backend Engineer at Nash, you will be instrumental in the design and development of our backend systems, services, and APIs. Collaborating closely with our CTO, co-founder, and the engineering and product teams, you will help scale our platform, enhance performance, and build a robust infrastructure that facilitates seamless logistics operations. This role presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to Nash as we create innovative products across the logistics value chain for enterprises, marketplaces, and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).Key ResponsibilitiesDesign, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable backend services and APIs.Architect and implement efficient data structures and models.Optimize system performance, scalability, and security.Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve backend issues in production environments.Work closely with frontend engineers to develop seamless API integrations.Implement best practices for observability, monitoring, and logging to ensure system reliability.Collaborate both independently and as part of a team to tackle complex technical challenges.Promote best practices in documentation, testing, and maintainability.Qualifications4+ years of experience in developing and deploying scalable backend systems.Proficient in Python and related backend frameworks.Experience in designing and utilizing RESTful APIs and databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, AWS RDS).Solid understanding of cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and deployment best practices, including managed services (serverless, databases, queues) and CI/CD pipelines.In-depth knowledge of scalable system design and performance optimization.Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently in a dynamic environment.Startup experience is advantageous but not mandatory.Preference for candidates located in the Bay Area; Nash operates a hybrid-first product team with an office in San Francisco.Bonus: Familiarity with AsyncIO and event-driven programming.

Company BackgroundAt Specter, we are pioneering a software-defined control plane that enhances the safety and visibility of physical assets for American businesses. Our innovative approach leverages a robust hardware-software ecosystem built on advanced multi-modal wireless mesh sensing technology, drastically reducing the costs and time associated with sensor deployment.Our platform is set to revolutionize the way companies perceive their physical environments, enabling real-time visibility and management of operations. With a passionate team hailing from prestigious organizations such as Anduril, Tesla, Uber, and the U.S. Special Forces, we are committed to leading the charge in the rapidly evolving realm of physical AI and robotics.Role + ResponsibilitiesWe are on the lookout for a Backend Software Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, deploying, and scaling distributed systems that power our mother node base stations and cloud services. Your contributions will ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Specter’s sensing and perception platform across both edge devices and cloud infrastructure.Key responsibilities include:Architecting and operating distributed, Linux-based systems across edge and cloud environments.Designing scalable pipelines for streaming, storing, and processing vast amounts of video and sensor data.Building containerized services (Docker/Kubernetes) for the deployment of perception and inference workloads at scale.Developing observability systems for monitoring, logging, and alerting across our fleet of edge nodes and cloud infrastructure.Optimizing queue-based video ingestion, transcoding, and upload pipelines for reliability in bandwidth-constrained environments.Implementing highly available infrastructure for real-time alerting, APIs, and customer-facing event systems.Collaborating cross-functionally with hardware, perception, and application teams to ensure infrastructure supports rapid iteration and scalability.

Join Anyscale, where our mission is to democratize distributed computing, making it accessible for developers at all levels. We are commercializing Ray, a leading open-source project that fosters an ecosystem of libraries designed for scalable machine learning. Prominent companies such as OpenAI, Uber, and Spotify leverage Ray to expedite their AI applications. At Anyscale, we create an optimal environment for running Ray, empowering developers and data scientists to scale their machine learning applications seamlessly from laptops to large clusters, without requiring deep expertise in distributed systems.We take pride in our backing from Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and Addition, with over $250 million raised to date.

The ideal candidate is encouraged to work from any of our offices (Silver Spring, NYC, SF, Miami, Denver) 1-2x weekly.ABOUT ROCKET MONEY At Rocket Money, our mission is to significantly enhance the financial well-being of millions. We provide our members with a profound understanding of their finances along with a range of valuable services designed to save time and money, ultimately empowering them on their financial journey.ABOUT THE TEAM The Core team plays a critical role in enabling all engineering teams at Rocket Money to operate efficiently by ensuring that our foundational systems are reliable and easy to build upon. We are responsible for the evolution of platforms and services that are central to our product and company operations, including:Authentication (registration, login, account access, and user lifecycle workflows)Data Privacy and Trust Systems (handling privacy requests, user deletions, and secure management of sensitive data)AI Enablement (providing shared AI infrastructure and tools that other teams use to create exceptional product experiences)Internal Tooling (developing admin tools, operational systems, and data integrations to enhance the effectiveness of our operations and engineering teams)We prioritize accuracy, resilience, and creating the most straightforward pathways for our teams. If you are passionate about building high-impact systems that others rely on, we would love to hear from you.IN THIS ROLE, YOU'LL:Develop and manage Core services and platforms that underpin essential systems like authentication, data privacy workflows, AI capabilities, and internal tools.Take ownership of projects from inception to completion: defining problems, designing solutions, implementing changes, launching, and ensuring ongoing reliability.Collaborate closely with product engineers, data teams, and operations colleagues to create systems that are safe, scalable, and user-friendly.

Why Weave ExistsAt Weave, we are on a mission to revolutionize the way therapeutic knowledge is captured, transformed, and communicated throughout the drug development process. Our innovative approach combines human expertise with advanced AI tools to accelerate the delivery of safe and affordable medications to patients.The Weave Platform enhances regulatory workflows at every stage by seamlessly integrating AI technology. Partnering with our clients, Weave is dedicated to creating the ultimate AI workbench for the entire therapeutic lifecycle.The Role & Your MissionWe are seeking a talented Staff Backend Engineer to join our engineering team, reporting directly to the Backend Engineering Manager. This role requires navigating between data, AI, and backend systems to ensure the stability, performance, and reliability of our AI systems. You will be responsible for developing innovative solutions to customer challenges, analyzing outcomes, and deploying these solutions into production. Success in this position hinges on your ability to transition smoothly from conception to experimentation, testing, and production. We prioritize effective problem-solving over trends, favoring straightforward, well-tested solutions that are reliable yet impressive.What You Will OwnUnderstanding customer challenges and creating straightforward solutionsCollaborating with Product and Design teams to rapidly identify solutionsWriting efficient, maintainable code using Django, Python, Postgres, and RedisManaging ongoing technical complexities while delivering value on product initiativesWhat You'll BringExperience in an early-stage, product-focused startup environment (fewer than 50 employees)Over 8 years of experience with Django in a production settingPractical experience using LLMs in productionAbility to interact directly with LLMs without the use of abstraction librariesA humble, hungry, and intelligent approachCapacity to work quickly while delivering high-quality outcomesPragmatic and analytical thinking with efficient decision-making skillsBonus: Experience working on products in regulated domains or with critical data privacy and security requirementsBachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred