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Spotnana · 15 hours ago

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Spotnana is on a mission to modernize the infrastructure of the travel industry with their Travel-as-a-Service platform. The Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer will lead the technical vision and architecture of large-scale backend systems, drive high-impact initiatives, and mentor engineers to shape the evolution of Spotnana’s platform architecture.
Business TravelCloud Data ServicesInformation TechnologySaaS
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Growth Opportunities
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Lead the technical vision and architecture of large-scale backend systems, shaping the platform’s evolution
Drive high-impact, cross-team initiatives from conception to delivery, ensuring alignment with business goals
Establish and promote engineering best practices, emphasizing scalability, performance, and reliability
Mentor engineers across levels, including senior engineers, guiding the next generation of technical leaders
Collaborate on long-term engineering goals, roadmaps, and technical debt reduction
Influence cross-functional teams and contribute to hiring and talent development, supporting a diverse, capable, and high-performing team

Qualification

Cloud-native backend systemsMicroservicesDistributed systemsModern distributed computingTechnical leadershipMentoring skillsCommunication

Required

10+ years in software development with deep expertise in designing and scaling cloud-native backend systems (e.g., microservices, Kubernetes, distributed systems)
Extensive experience driving technical direction for large, complex systems and leading cross-functional engineering teams
Proven ability to balance long-term technical vision with short-term execution, solving complex technical trade-offs
Strong leadership and mentoring skills, fostering high-performance engineering culture and influencing at all levels
Expertise with modern distributed computing frameworks and tools (e.g., Kafka, gRPC, AWS/GCP, databases at scale)
Excellent communication skills and experience contributing to company-wide technical strategy

Benefits

Pre-tax and ROTH 401(k) options via Fidelity with up to a 4% company match
Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability effective on your hire date. We cover 100% of your employee premiums and 85% of your eligible dependents
Pre-tax flexible spending account options for health, dependent care and commuter expenses
Flexible PTO in addition to 10 company holidays, and an end-of-year company shutdown
Up to 26 weeks of parental leave
Monthly cell phone/internet stipend
Extra perks — IATAN travel membership, pet insurance, legal services, financial wellness tools, Calm app access, and more

Company

Spotnana

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Travel-as-a-Service platform

H1B Sponsorship

Spotnana 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)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (14)
2024 (4)
2023 (13)
2022 (10)
2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$116M
Key Investors
Durable Capital PartnersICONIQ Growth,Madrona8VC
2022-07-26Series B· $75M
2021-09-23Series A· $34M
2020-01-01Seed· $7M

Leadership Team

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Justin Schuster
SVP Marketing
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Sarosh Waghmar
Founder, Co-Chairman & Chief Product Officer
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