What You’ll Do

• Identify and prioritize high-impact technical and product problems
• Design and guide scalable backend and data systems
• Own architectural decisions across data, services, and system boundaries
• Ensure systems are efficient, reliable, and scalable under real-world conditions
• Lead execution through others (not just individual contribution)
• Partner with Product to ensure technical work drives business outcomes

What Matters Most

Deep Database Expertise (Critical)

• Strong knowledge of relational databases (SQL)
• Experience with: Query optimization, Indexing strategies, Transactions & isolation levels, Concurrency control
• Ability to reason about performance and trade-offs at the data layer

Distributed Systems & System Design

• Strong understanding of: Queues, message brokers, async processing, Microservices and service b...