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Sr. Staff Backend Engineer

Phizenix
Location
Hyderabad, INDIA (Hybrid)
Posted
1 month ago
Department
External - Client Requirement
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Eight or more years in backend engineering, in Python, Go, Java, or similar, with significant Staff-level time owning complex, data-intensive systems.
  • An obsession with correctness, traceability, and testability.
  • Elite SQL and data modeling skills, including window functions and large-scale joins.
  • Experience designing configuration-driven, extensible service architectures.
  • Strong system design for reliability, isolation, and reproducibility.
  • Direct experience working with customers or external stakeholders in a technical capacity.
Nice to have
  • Experience in finance, accounting, or analytics domain, or a willingness to learn about financial statements.
  • Familiarity with dbt and multi-tenant customer-hosted deployment at scale.
  • Exposure to ML and statistical workflows and LLM application patterns.
  • Experience building auditable systems in a regulated environment.
  • Background in forward deployment, professional services, or solutions engineering at a product company.
What the job really is

The Senior Staff Backend Engineer will be responsible for developing and maintaining the core services that handle data-intensive computations for a financial platform. This involves building a composable library of reusable components, ensuring the correctness and traceability of results, and working closely with enterprise customers to integrate the platform into their environments. The role emphasizes accountability for the performance, reliability, and auditability of these services while also mentoring the backend team and setting technical patterns.

Things to weigh
  • No salary listed in the posting.
  • The role involves significant customer-facing work, which may require travel.
  • The position emphasizes accountability for correctness and performance, which may lead to high pressure in ensuring results meet strict standards.
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