Spotnana · 4 hours ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$210K/yr - $240K/yr
10+ years expSpotnana 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 design and delivery of critical systems, drive large-scale technical initiatives, and influence engineering culture across the organization.
Business TravelCloud Data ServicesInformation TechnologySaaS
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
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
Travel-as-a-Service platform
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (14)
2024 (4)
2023 (13)
2022 (10)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$116MKey Investors
Durable Capital PartnersICONIQ Growth,Madrona8VC
2022-07-26Series B· $75M
2021-09-23Series A· $34M
2020-01-01Seed· $7M
Leadership Team
Justin Schuster
SVP Marketing
Sarosh Waghmar
Founder, Co-Chairman & Chief Product Officer
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