Sr Backend Engineer

Addison Group
Dublin, CA

Addison Group is working with a retail company in search for a Sr Backend Engineer to join their growing team. This is onsite the East bay - Please apply to be considered!


You’ll play a critical role in shaping backend architecture, elevating code quality, and scaling the team by freeing up current engineering leads—while raising overall engineering standards.


What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership & Architecture

  • Provide architectural guidance and evaluate tradeoffs across systems (performance, scalability, reliability, and functionality)
  • Influence backend platform design and long‑term technical direction
  • Partner with the team on discovery work, proof‑of‑concepts, and new initiatives

Hands‑On Engineering

  • Participate in sprint cycles with hands‑on coding and design (especially early in the sprint)
  • Build and maintain high‑quality, scalable backend services and APIs
  • Contribute to rapid prototyping and iteration while maintaining production standards

Code Quality & Review

  • Conduct thorough PR reviews and enforce strong coding and design standards (later sprint focus)
  • Champion best practices for testing, observability, and maintainability
  • Help establish and refine engineering standards and processes

Mentorship & Team Growth

  • Mentor engineers across skill levels through feedback, pairing, and design discussions
  • Help elevate team productivity, technical confidence, and ownership
  • Act as a trusted technical advisor to engineers and engineering leadership


Tech Stack

Frontend

  • React
  • TypeScript

Backend

  • Python
  • API‑driven platforms
  • AWS Lambda (serverless architecture)
  • Dynamic databases and cloud‑native data stores

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