Senior Backend Software Engineer - Distributed Systems / Engineering Enable

Overview Role: Senior Backend Software Engineer — Distributed Systems / Engineering Enablement. We are hiring a senior backend engineer to focus on distributed systems, scalability, reliability, and observability—not backend product features. This is a high-impact role supporting a mission-critical, AI-driven healthcare platform that processes millions of conversations every month. Location & Compensation: San Francisco or New York City (hybrid, minimum 3 days onsite). Base salary: $211K–$248K, plus generous equity and benefits. Location requirement is non-negotiable. Responsibilities Improve application-level reliability and system scalability Significantly reduce latency using observability and profiling tools Scale compute-heavy services running on Kubernetes Solve platform and infrastructure challenges at large scale Enable other engineers by improving system performance and internal tooling Qualifications 5–10 years of software engineering experience 2 years focused on backend performance, scalability, or infrastructure Strong experience with distributed systems Proven success improving reliability and reducing latency Production experience scaling services on Kubernetes Experience with a major cloud provider (GCP preferred) Strong Python and/or TypeScript skills Hands-on monitoring/observability experience (Datadog, Grafana) Background in big tech or hypergrowth startup environments This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving deep infrastructure problems and enabling high-performing engineering teams at scale. McKenzie Recruiting J-18808-Ljbffr