Staff Backend Engineer

Staff Backend Engineer STAFF BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER ABOUT US Procurify is the AI-enhanced procurement and AP automation platform for mid-market organizations. We make it easy for organizations to take control of spend and save money. We’re looking for a pragmatic and thoughtful engineering leader to help scale our platform, development practices, and team. ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for a Staff Backend Software Engineer to join our team and guide the product direction and technical architecture of the core engine that powers the Procurify platform. You will work alongside Procurify's leadership team and other talented engineers to solve challenging technical problems and ship high-quality code. In this role, you will lead large technical projects with significant impact, ensuring our server-side systems are built for performance, reliability, and scalability. A big part of this role involves working across engineering teams to build strong relationships, mentor more junior technical leaders, and enable our teams to deliver effectively. We're seeking entrepreneurial people who are willing to challenge the status quo and contribute to larger strategic objectives. WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON: - Lead Technical Strategy & Architecture: Effectively drive architecture decisions that align with product strategy and advise Procurify's leadership team on critical technical considerations. You will collaborate with your team on technical designs to ensure they follow appropriate patterns, are architecturally sound, and improve the implementation of our backend systems. - Build & Ship Scalable APIs and Services: Apply your experience to design, develop, and maintain the RESTful APIs and backend services that form the foundation of our product, using Python and Django. You will work across the stack to consistently deliver software that helps Procurify set and achieve a high standard of quality, clarity, and maintainability. - Mentor & Elevate the Team: Teach and mentor technical leaders at Procurify. You will actively participate in code reviews and architectural discussions, delivering written and verbal technical feedback to peers to elevate the team. - Design & Optimize Data Systems: Contribute to the design of our database models and write efficient, secure queries, ensuring the performance and integrity of our data layer. - Ensure Operational Excellence: Participate in the investigation and resolution of defects and performance bottlenecks affecting the quality and stability of the monolith. You will champion code quality and contribute to a high-performance team committed to craft and operational excellence. - Our Tech Stack: - Application: Python/Django, Typescript/React - Cloud: AWS - Infrastructure & Containers: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform - Databases: MySQL - CI/CD: CircleCI LEAD WITH CARES: - Commitment: Demonstrates accountability and follow-through, delivering reliably and owning outcomes in a way that others can depend on. - Ambition: Takes initiative with curiosity and a growth mindset, pursuing bold ideas that elevate impact and performance. - Resilience: Shows adaptability, composure, and perseverance through challenges, staying focused and effective in a fast-changing environment. - Excellence: Brings rigor, collaboration, and a strong quality focus to deliver high-performing solutions and raise the bar for outcomes. - Simplicity: Applies focus, clarity, and streamlining to cut through complexity and enable efficient, impactful execution. WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR: - Senior Engineering Experience: 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on building reliable and scalable SaaS software solutions. - AI & ML: Deep understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, vector databases (Databricks/pgVector), and agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, Google ADK, or similar) - Python Proficiency: Strong experience building and maintaining applications using Python a ... (truncated, view full listing at source)