Staff Backend Engineer, Core DevOps

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer, Core DevOps based in the United States. As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across multiple teams and drive large-scale backend initiatives.You will help modernize complex backend systems into modular, maintainable, and scalable architectures.The role combines hands-on technical leadership with influence over engineering standards, architecture, and platform strategy.You will collaborate closely with Product, Infrastructure, Security, Data, Frontend, and Engineering leadership.You will help improve reliability, security, performance, observability, and operational excellence across critical systems.Working in a fully remote and asynchronous environment, you will communicate technical decisions clearly and independently.You will also mentor engineers and help teams adopt AI-assisted and agentic development workflows responsibly.