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$180,000–$320,000/yr
US

  • Own backend systems, improving scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Optimize data warehouse performance and build real-time audience syncing with streaming approaches.
  • Collaborate with product and design to deliver robust backend solutions that address customer needs.

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$180,000–$400,000/yr
Global

  • Build powerful, user-friendly tools for enterprises to onboard, manage, and scale Hightouch deployments.
  • Architect scalable backend systems for roles, permissions, access control, and change management.
  • Help admins optimize warehouse performance and costs driven by Hightouch activity.

Hightouch is a data activation platform that lets enterprises sync data from their warehouses into business tools and manage customer data. The company is remote-first, works with large enterprise customers, and values impact, intellectual curiosity, and product-minded engineering.

$180,000–$400,000/yr
Global

  • Build backend and distributed systems for Customer Studio, a no-code suite for activating warehouse data.
  • Optimize data warehouse performance, analytics, and real-time audience syncing.
  • Engage with product specs and architect scalable, maintainable solutions at high data scale.

Hightouch helps teams activate data directly from their warehouse with a no-code suite called Customer Studio. The company is remote-first and focused on product and customer thinking, high data scale, and an AI-native marketing future.

$180,000–$320,000/yr
US

  • Build and scale distributed systems to move large volumes of customer data efficiently.
  • Develop streaming capabilities for real-time data syncing from webhooks and message queues.
  • Optimize system performance, latency, and multi-region infrastructure.

A marketing technology company building a distributed data platform for efficient customer data movement. They foster a high-velocity startup culture with a strong emphasis on autonomy and engineering excellence.

$150,000–$170,000/yr
US

  • Design and scale backend systems for data infrastructure, including PostgreSQL data models, Kafka event pipelines, and a GraphQL API.
  • Lead the integration of new services and own the pipelines that deliver dataset snapshots into our warehouse.
  • Collaborate with platform and application teams to implement APIs that unlock new workflows for clinical studies and digital health products.

Beacon Biosignals is transforming precision medicine for the brain with at-home EEG and diagnostic platforms for neurological, psychiatric, and sleep disorders. The company values diversity, empathy, and a self-service mindset, with a collaborative remote-first culture.

$170,000–$190,000/yr
US

  • Design and scale backend data systems including PostgreSQL data models, Kafka-driven pipelines, and a GraphQL API.
  • Lead architecture for complex projects, weighing trade-offs and backing decisions with data.
  • Partner with product, science, and clinical teams to translate requirements into new integrations and services.

Beacon Biosignals is building at-home EEG platforms for precision medicine, supporting clinical development and diagnostics for neurological and sleep disorders. The company fosters a collaborative, remote-first culture with offices in Boston, NYC, and Paris, and values diversity and empathy.

$164,448–$234,926/yr
North America 5w PTO

  • Architect, build, and evolve backend systems for personalization at Spotify scale.
  • Design reliable, performant services for high-volume recommendation workloads.
  • Partner with PMs, Engineers, Data Scientists, and Designers to build new recommendation experiences.

Spotify is the world's most popular audio streaming subscription service, connecting artists and fans through music and podcasts. The company has an inclusive, forward-thinking culture and a global team of employees.

Global

  • Own technical design and execution for major products, systems, and engineering initiatives.
  • Design scalable, reliable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure.
  • Lead technically critical initiatives and mentor engineers across teams while staying hands-on.

BJAK builds technology products used by millions of users across Southeast Asia. It is a fast-moving, distributed international team working across multiple countries and time zones.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Design and develop scalable, high-performance backend services using Java and AWS technologies.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and ensure smooth integration across the platform.
  • Optimize existing services for performance, reliability, and maintainability while mentoring junior team members.

Oscilar builds the most advanced AI Risk Decisioning Platform for banks, fintechs, and digital native organizations to manage fraud, credit, and compliance risk. The team includes industry veterans from Meta, Uber, Citi, and Confluent, with over 50% of the company in Engineering and Product, fostering a mission-driven culture.

Global

  • Build scalable, high-load systems in Python and work with big data processing 200–400M+ records per day.
  • Design and develop integrations with external channels behind a unified data model and API.
  • Ensure data quality and consistency across channels through validation, reconciliation, and monitoring.

SplitMetrics is a global software company providing a growth engine for mobile-first businesses through its ecosystem of products and services, including Apple Ads optimization and A/B testing. With over 11 years of experience and a remote-first culture, the company collaborates across 20+ countries and values transparency, speed, and continuous learning.

$146,000–$225,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Break down larger projects into individual tasks and deliver them in phases with support from your tech lead and manager.
  • Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics to make decisions that consider risks and trade-offs.
  • Support operations and availability of your team's artifacts by creating metrics and participating in on-call efforts.

Affirm is a financial technology company that provides transparent, flexible payment solutions. The company is remote-first and fosters a culture of care, transparency, and flexibility.

$185,000–$215,000/yr
US

  • Lead the design, development, and scaling of Healthie's data warehouse and analytics platform.
  • Enforce database-level isolation so customers only access their own data.
  • Partner with engineering, support, and customer success teams to build automated, compliant reporting systems.

Healthie is an AI-native, ONC-certified EHR platform that powers clinical care for over 40,000 providers and supports 21 million patients. The company has raised $42M, is profitable, and fosters a fast-paced, customer-obsessed culture with a focus on quality and collaboration.

$145,500–$235,400/yr
US

  • Design, implement, test, and operate production services and APIs.
  • Lead projects or meaningful components of projects from problem definition through deployment and iteration.
  • Improve the observability and operability of the systems you own, including metrics, logs, traces, alerting, and incident learnings.

LaunchDarkly provides a platform that helps engineering teams release software and AI with speed, safety, and control using feature flags and observability. The company is growing and emphasizes teamwork, humility, openness, curiosity, and inclusive collaboration.

$158,000–$248,000/yr
US

  • Architect and implement backend services for secure file storage and third-party integrations.
  • Design event-driven systems for real-time permission propagation at enterprise scale.
  • Mentor engineers and drive engineering best practices while exploring AI-powered file capabilities.

Addepar is a global data and AI platform that unifies portfolio, market, and client data for investment professionals. Serving over 1,500 firms managing nearly $10 trillion in assets, the company fosters a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.

$168,000–$253,000/yr
United States Unlimited PTO

  • Lead the design, buildout, and deployment of highly scalable APIs and backend systems, defining the architectural roadmap for next-generation grocery ordering products.
  • Work in a close-knit team alongside dedicated Designer and Product Manager teammates, partnering with multiple teams to deliver integrated client solutions.
  • Grow a product used daily in thousands of grocery stores across the country, with access to best-in-class AI development tools and passionate coworkers.

Afresh is an AI platform for grocery that leverages proprietary AI to help grocers reduce waste and maximize sales. The company has scaled to 6 enterprise-grade solutions, serving over 10% of the U.S. grocery market, and prevented over 200 million pounds of food waste last year.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Own backend services and data pipelines powering Grader scans end-to-end, from ingestion to serving results at scale.
  • Strengthen platform reliability by reducing latency, improving uptime, and building observability, monitoring, and alerting.
  • Partner with Product-Led Growth and AI teams to evolve the platform toward AI-powered experiences.

This company develops AI-powered restaurant health assessment products, processing signals from sources like Google, Yelp, and menus. It is a remote-first, product-focused startup culture that emphasizes engineering ownership, reliability, and cross-functional collaboration.

$170,000–$210,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Own AWS data architecture and technical roadmap across ingestion, transformation, storage, and serving.
  • Build reliable batch and near-real-time pipelines with clear SLAs and observability.
  • Model ERP supply chain data into a reusable warehouse and lead legacy migration.

Clarium is an AI-powered healthcare supply chain platform that helps hospitals reduce overspending and improve efficiency with its Astra OS. Founded in 2020, Clarium has raised $43M and is trusted by leading health systems, with a collaborative, fast-paced culture.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Own end-to-end integration architecture, including auth, multi-tenancy, data movement, and production performance.
  • Run what you build, owning infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and on-call across external platforms you can't change.
  • Partner closely with internal and partner teams to align on requirements, interfaces, and protocols.

ClickHouse develops an open-source columnar database and ClickHouse Cloud, bringing analytics to the environments customers already trust. It's a rapidly scaling, globally distributed startup with a remote-friendly culture and a strong emphasis on employee-shaped values.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Enhance and scale a high-performance data onboarding platform to handle real-time data at petabyte scale.
  • Own and evolve infrastructure across multiple cloud providers, including AWS, GCP, and Azure.
  • Drive architectural decisions, improve deployment pipelines, and participate in on-call rotations.

ClickHouse is the company behind the open-source ClickHouse database, providing a high-performance database platform. It is a globally distributed start-up operating in over 25 countries, with a culture that values autonomy, innovation, and impact.

Global

  • Design and build backend systems that are clean, testable, and efficient.
  • Architect scalable APIs and infrastructure for high-trust environments.
  • Own core systems end to end, and shape engineering practices and technical culture.

At Duna, we see the company as the second product we’re building and are continually working to create a transparent, ambitious culture. We are a remote-first, fast-moving team of builders backed by world-class investors, looking for exceptional people who love to create, build, and ship.