Staff Software Engineer, Backend

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About the role

  • Staff Software Engineer leading design and evolution of backend systems for Cresta's AI platform. Architecting scalable systems to enhance customer experiences through AI-driven solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture and evolution of large-scale distributed backend systems, driving cross-team technical initiatives from design through production
  • Build high-performance, fault-tolerant backend services supporting real-time AI agents, conversation intelligence, and enterprise integrations
  • Partner with ML engineers to operationalize AI capabilities, building the runtime infrastructure and orchestration systems that power AI agents at scale
  • Design and optimize data storage and retrieval systems for real-time analytics and insights
  • Drive continuous improvements in system performance, cost efficiency, and scalability to handle high-volume production workloads
  • Mentor senior engineers, influence technical roadmap, and raise the bar for engineering quality across teams

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 8+ years building scalable backend systems in production environments
  • Proven experience leading large-scale distributed system architecture with deep understanding of consistency, fault tolerance, state management, and concurrency
  • Strong proficiency in at least one major programming language (Python, Go, Java, C++, or similar)
  • Strong API design expertise (REST, gRPC) and service-oriented architectures
  • Experience with database design and optimization across SQL and NoSQL systems
  • Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Cloud platform expertise (AWS, GCP, or Azure) with strong security knowledge
  • Experience building developer-facing tooling (CLIs, SDKs, testing frameworks)
  • Strong expertise in system reliability, observability, monitoring, and production ownership (including on-call)
  • Excellent communication skills for technical decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, and mentorship
  • High standards for code quality, testing, and engineering best practices.

Benefits

  • We offer Cresta employees a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit you and your family’s needs
  • Paid parental leave to support you and your family
  • Monthly Health & Wellness allowance
  • Work from home office stipend to help you succeed in a remote environment
  • Lunch reimbursement for in-office employees
  • PTO: 3 weeks in Canada

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGRPCJavaKubernetesNoSQLPythonSQLGo

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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