satoriq ยท 16 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer, Backend Platform
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $290K/yr
8+ years expSatoriq is building a mission-critical automation platform at the center of healthcare operations. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer, Backend Platform to own and evolve foundational systems for a high-throughput, distributed production platform.
Hiring Manager
Anthony Fitzgerald
Responsibilities
Design, build, and evolve backend services that process high-volume operational data in production
Own and reshape distributed systems that power ingestion, transformation, routing, and persistence workflows
Lead the decomposition and redesign of legacy or tightly coupled services into scalable, fault-tolerant systems
Build microservices with strong guarantees around performance, availability, and correctness
Work with event-driven architectures, messaging systems, and data pipelines at scale
Architect and operate cloud-native infrastructure using Kubernetes and GCP
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across services and data flows
Partner with engineering leadership on long-term platform architecture and technical direction
Ship production systems iteratively while maintaining a high bar for reliability and quality
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience building backend or distributed systems in production environments
Proven ownership of services operating under real uptime, latency, and scale constraints
Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or similar backend languages
Experience designing and evolving microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems
Hands-on experience working with high-volume or unstructured data pipelines
Comfort operating in environments with incomplete requirements, evolving data models, and limited process
Strong cloud-native experience with containerized systems and modern infrastructure tooling
High ownership mindset with the ability to drive complex problems through to production
Clear communicator who collaborates well across engineering and product teams
Preferred
Experience evolving backend platforms in startup or growth-stage environments
Exposure to healthcare, fintech, or other operationally complex domains
Experience re-architecting systems under live customer load
Background working on systems where architecture evolved alongside the business
Benefits
Competitive equity package
401(k) program
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible PTO and paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Professional development stipend
Company
satoriq
Satoriq is a strategic people partner helping companies scale with confidence.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase