FloQast
SaaS
StaffSoftwareEngineer,CorePlatform
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“Staff Software Engineer, Core Platform at FloQast. Skills: Core Platform Architecture, Orchestration & Messaging, Platform Security Systems, End-to-End Data Engineering, Technical Leadership & Standards. Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable, distributed core services and backend platform components using TypeScript and modern cloud-native technologies. Architect and maintain reliable asynchronous architectures, utilizing event streaming (Kafka) and complex workflow orchestration”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years of software engineering experience with a deep, specialized focus on "pure" backend engineering, distributed systems, and core platform development, Expert-level proficiency with TypeScript, Deep production experience within our modern ecosystem stack (Temporal, Kafka, MongoDB, and AWS), Proven experience delivering high-impact architectural solutions within fast-paced, high-growth Series or Series C environments, A background in the B2B SaaS space, with a track record of building platforms that scale alongside growing enterprise customer demands, Demonstrated success building complex, end-to-end data pipelines, identity/access systems, and high-availability core services from scratch, A profile centered squarely on core backend application architecture rather than frontend/full-stack development or infrastructure-heavy/DevOps operations
Nice to Have
Startup DNA, Industry Domain Knowledge, System Design Expertise, Clear Engineering Focus, Strategic Communicator
What You'll Do.
Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable
distributed core services and backend platform components using TypeScript and modern cloud-native technologies
Architect and maintain reliable asynchronous architectures
utilizing event streaming (Kafka) and complex workflow orchestration (Temporal) to power critical business logic
Own the evolution and scaling of our enterprise-grade authentication and authorization frameworks
ensuring seamless and secure data access layers
and scale complex backend data platforms and document-based storage systems (MongoDB) to handle high-throughput workloads
Establish clean coding patterns
robust architectural standards
and best practices for the backend engineering organization
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with Product, Security, and Core Infrastructure teams to align platform capabilities with long-term product roadmaps and strategic company goals; Strategic Communicator; An effective collaborator who can easily break down complex architectural technical concepts and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Communication Scope
Strategic Communicator; break down complex architectural technical concepts; influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Full Job Description
## What You'll Do Core Platform Architecture: Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable, distributed core services and backend platform components using TypeScript and modern cloud-native technologies. Orchestration & Messaging: Architect and maintain reliable asynchronous architectures, utilizing event streaming (Kafka) and complex workflow orchestration (Temporal) to power critical business logic. Platform Security Systems: Own the evolution and scaling of our enterprise-grade authentication and authorization frameworks, ensuring seamless and secure data access layers. End-to-End Data Engineering: Design, optimize, and scale complex backend data platforms and document-based storage systems (MongoDB) to handle high-throughput workloads. Technical Leadership & Standards: Establish clean coding patterns, robust architectural standards, and best practices for the backend engineering organization while mentoring junior and senior engineers. Cross-Functional Influence: Partner closely with Product, Security, and Core Infrastructure teams to align platform capabilities with long-term product roadmaps and strategic company goals. ## What You'll Bring 10+ years of software engineering experience with a deep, specialized focus on "pure" backend engineering, distributed systems, and core platform development. Expert-level proficiency with TypeScript alongside deep production experience within our modern ecosystem stack (Temporal, Kafka, MongoDB, and AWS). Startup DNA: Proven experience delivering high-impact architectural solutions within fast-paced, high-growth Series B or Series C environments. Industry Domain Knowledge: A strong background in the B2B SaaS space, with a track record of building platforms that scale alongside growing enterprise customer demands. System Design Expertise: Demonstrated success building complex, end-to-end data pipelines, identity/access systems, and high-availability core services from scratch. Clear Engineering Focus: A profile ce
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