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Attain Partners · 2 days ago

Lead Backend Engineer - Frisbee

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date6+ years exp

Attain is a company focused on empowering consumers and businesses through data-driven financial services. The Lead Backend Engineer will serve as the backend technical anchor for the Frisbee consumer application, leading the execution across mobile engineering teams and working on backend services that drive product behavior and user experience.

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Growth Opportunities
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Design, build, and own backend services (primarily Rust-based microservices) that power the Frisbee consumer experience
Own backend systems responsible for business logic, feature flags, and UX configuration that control mobile behavior and layout
Define and maintain clean, well-documented APIs and client-server contracts used by iOS and Android applications
Partner closely with mobile engineers to enable fast, predictable execution and unblock delivery
Act as technical owner for major initiatives from design through production
Provide architectural guidance and code review across backend and mobile codebases
Collaborate with Product and Design to translate customer needs into scalable systems
Participate in planning, prioritization, and delivery with a strong bias toward execution
Occasionally contribute to mobile codebases when needed
Help establish engineering standards and raise the technical bar across the team

Qualification

Backend engineeringAPI designMicroservices architectureCloud environmentsRelational databasesGRPCGraphQLTechnical leadershipCommunicationCollaboration

Required

strong backend engineering experience
enjoy owning systems end to end
making pragmatic architectural decisions in ambiguous problem spaces
design and build backend services that orchestrate product behavior, business logic, and user experience
working closely with mobile engineers
comfortable defining APIs, schemas, and data models that power data-driven mobile clients
value clear communication
strong engineering judgment
constructive feedback
interested in growing into broader technical leadership over time
design, build, and own backend services (primarily Rust-based microservices)
own backend systems responsible for business logic, feature flags, and UX configuration
define and maintain clean, well-documented APIs and client-server contracts used by iOS and Android applications
partner closely with mobile engineers to enable fast, predictable execution and unblock delivery
act as technical owner for major initiatives from design through production
provide architectural guidance and code review across backend and mobile codebases
collaborate with Product and Design to translate customer needs into scalable systems
participate in planning, prioritization, and delivery with a strong bias toward execution
occasionally contribute to mobile codebases when needed
help establish engineering standards and raise the technical bar across the team

Preferred

6+ years of experience building and owning backend systems in production environments
strong experience designing APIs, service boundaries, and data models
experience evolving complex systems and working with microservice or service-oriented architectures
experience operating systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
experience working closely with iOS and Android engineering teams
familiarity with backend- or configuration-driven client architectures
experience with gRPC, protobuf, or GraphQL
experience with relational databases
understanding of mobile performance characteristics and constraints
exposure to React Native
experience integrating third-party SDKs (e.g., analytics, scanning, CRM)

Company

Attain Partners

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Based in McLean, Va., Attain Partners is a leading management and technology consulting firm delivering services and solutions to advance client missions across the education, nonprofit, healthcare, and state and local government landscapes.
dateFounded in 2009
location
Mclean, Virginia, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
http://www.attain.com/

H1B Sponsorship

Attain Partners has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2024 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$0.25M
2015-03-15Seed· $0.25M

Leadership Team

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Greg Baroni
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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