Sage · 2 weeks ago
Senior Backend Engineer, Product
New York, New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$175K/yr - $210K/yrSage is on a mission to improve care and quality of life for older adults, focusing on innovative solutions for senior living facilities. The Senior Backend Engineer will design and build scalable backend services, ensuring the core product functions reliably and efficiently while mentoring other engineers.
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Responsibilities
Architect & Build Services: Design, implement, and scale backend services in Java using frameworks like Spring Boot or Dropwizard
Data & Persistence: Design data models and persistence strategies across Postgres and NoSQL stores (DynamoDB or similar)
Messaging & Integration: Build and operate systems that leverage message queues (SQS, Kafka, etc.) for asynchronous communication and event-driven workflows
API Design & Management: Define, document, and evolve REST APIs using OpenAPI, ensuring consistency, clarity, and strong collaboration with front-end teams
Optimize for Scale & Reliability: Ensure services are performant, observable, fault-tolerant, and capable of handling 24/7 production workloads
CI/CD & Tooling: Own build pipelines and service delivery using Gradle, automated testing, and CI/CD best practices
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with front-end engineers to design API contracts, and with infrastructure engineers to ensure backend services integrate seamlessly into our containerized, cloud-native platform
Service & Data Design Leadership: Set patterns for clean, consistent API design, service boundaries, and data architecture across the engineering org
Mentor & Guide: Provide technical leadership, perform design and code reviews, and coach teammates in backend engineering best practices
Qualification
Required
Strong proficiency in Java and backend service frameworks (Spring Boot, Dropwizard)
Deep familiarity with ORMs (Hibernate, JPA) and data persistence patterns
Solid understanding of service design principles and clean architecture patterns
Hands-on experience with Postgres and SQL performance tuning
Working knowledge of NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, or similar)
Understanding of transactions, consistency, and data modeling in distributed systems
Experience with SQS, Kafka, or equivalent queues/streaming systems
Knowledge of event-driven architecture and at-least-once/exactly-once delivery guarantees
Experience designing, documenting, and evolving APIs with OpenAPI
Familiarity with best practices for RESTful API versioning, error handling, and security
Strong collaboration skills for working with frontend engineers (consumer experience) and infrastructure engineers (reliability and deployment)
Familiarity with Gradle build system and dependency management
Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or similar)
Knowledge of containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Strong understanding of logging, monitoring, and tracing in distributed systems
Experience troubleshooting production issues in complex, containerized environments
Familiarity with software design patterns and ability to apply them thoughtfully
Strong opinions about service design, API design, and data architecture
Ability to mentor peers and set engineering standards
Preferred
Experience in multi-tenant SaaS environments
Exposure to high-throughput, low-latency systems
Background in domain-driven design (DDD) or event-sourcing
Familiarity with cloud-native services (AWS/GCP)
Benefits
Fully-paid health and dental insurance coverage
Vision insurance
Membership to premium primary and urgent care
Online medical health providers
Take as you need time off policy
7 paid holidays
Company wide winter break during the holidays
Company
Sage
Sage is an operation management system that enhances senior caregiving efficiency.
Founded in 2020
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$59MKey Investors
IVPMaveronGoldcrest Capital
2024-12-05Series B· $35M
2023-10-25Series A· $15M
2022-07-28Seed· $9M
Leadership Team
Raj Mehra
CEO & Co-founder
Ellen Johnston
Chief Product Officer and Co-founder
Recent News
2026-01-16
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