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Sofware Engineer, Backend (Staff) at Lightfield

Department: Engineering

Compensation

$180,000 – $300,000/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
San Francisco, California
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

Lightfield is hiring a Software Engineer, Backend to own end-to-end backend product capabilities, including data models, APIs, migrations, authorization, history, event propagation, durable workflows, metering, and high-throughput services. The role requires 7+ years of experience, strong backend systems expertise, and the ability to make architectural and operational tradeoffs across application, database, distributed, and observability layers. It is based in San Francisco or Cambridge and offers medical, dental, and vision insurance, equity, paid time off, family leave, and other benefits.

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