Sr. Backend Engineer

**About the Role**:We're looking for a **Senior Backend Engineer** to independently own features and deliver high-quality backend systems.You'll take projects from spec to production, write code that others want to work with, and help mentor newer engineers.At this level, you're a reliable, autonomous contributor—you can scope and ship features end-to-end with mínimal guidance and proactively unblock yourself and others.
**What You'll Do**:- **Own features end-to-end** — Scope, design, build, test, and ship features independently- **Write quality code** — Deliver clean, testable, well-documented code with strong testing discipline- **Unblock the team** — Proactively help teammates debug issues and remove blockers- **Handle on-call** — Confidently respond to incidents using observability tools- **Mentor newer engineers** — Support E1s through pairing, onboarding, and code review- **Leverage AI daily** — Use AI tools to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, and learning- **Pay do...