Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

About Prefect: 

Prefect is the open-source data workflow automation platform that empowers teams to build resilient, failure-tolerant workflows with the flexibility to adapt to any data challenge, ensuring reliable, on-time results even in the face of unexpected issues. Our remote first company is singularly focused on this vision, and every team member directly contributes to its advancement. Every role solves a problem, and everyone can see exactly how their work helps achieve our mission.

To that end, we've carefully created a supportive, high-performance culture - the operating system of our company - that empowers our team to do the best work of their careers and achieve their personal and professional aspirations.

We are looking for folks who want to join a remote-first team #LI-Remote to build an equally amazing company and product.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join our team of insatiably curious and passionate engineers who never settle for "good enough".

In this role you will work with the engineering team to architect, maintain, and scale our SaaS platform. You will lead backend initiatives, mentor developers, and work closely with our product managers and designers to deliver high-quality, scalable web applications.

You will report to the Engineering Manager, Zach. 

What You’ll Do:

• Architect, build, and scale Prefect’s SaaS platform in collaboration with engineering and cross-functional teams
• Exercise ownership of your work end-to-end, see it from problem definition through prototyping, development, and deployment to production
• Lead technical decision-making for backend engineering projects and establish best practices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, refine, and implement new features
• Contribute to the product roadmap and technical strategy
• Provide technical mentorship, architectural guidance, and career development support to both senior individual contributors and early-career engineers

Your Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in backend engineering roles, with a focus on web applications and distributed systems
• 5+ years of experience with Postgres and Redis, or similar
• 5+ years of experience with monitoring technologies (Grafana, Datadog, or equivalent)
• 5+ years of experience with at least one major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Robust background in asynchronous Python, with additional experience in systems programming languages (Go, C/C++, Rust) preferred
• Extensive experience developing and maintaining data intensive applications at scale
• Top-notch problem solving and communication skills - will take action to identify problems, propose solutions, and communicate to keep our team updated of progress and blockers
• Track record of leading successful projects and mentoring other developers, particularly with SaaS products at scale
• Drive innovation in development practices by strategically integrating AI and LLMs to accelerate development cycles, improve code quality, and optimize engineering workflows

What You'll Get in Return:

We take care of our team- our benefits are top-notch so that employees can work comfortably from wherever in the world they call home. Check out some of our most exciting benefits offered below.

• Remote-first team with flexible-first culture
• Equity Stock Options
• 401(k) with 5% company match (vests immediately!)
• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Generous Parental Leave
• Life Insurance and Disability benefits
• $800 remote work stipend for whatever you need to work (food, wellness, equipment etc.)

And that is just the start, there's more! For more info check out our top-of-the-line benefits and perks on our careers page.

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $189,000-$243,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and work location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Your recruiter can share more about the salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please keep in mind that equity is not included in the range provided above and will represent a significant part of your total compensation. Benefits and any bonus or incentive compensation is also not included in the range provided above.

Belongingness at Prefect:

Belongingness at Prefect is our commitment to ensuring mutual power, access, and opportunity among all groups and individuals who make up our community. We operationalize belongingness through actions large and small on a daily basis, but always with the goal that all groups and individuals can contribute as their most authentic self to the evolution of our product, our team, and our community.

Belongingness is also our commitment to bridge with individuals or groups not yet established in our community, acknowledge differences in a way that affirms distinct identities, and allows for a new, more expansive group identity to form.

Equal Opportunity at Prefect:

Prefect is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity/expression), national origin, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Sarah is a real live person (👋🏻) and is looking forward to learning more about you through your application.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Our company does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.