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$220,000–$220,000/yr
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  • Lead and mentor the Backend Engineering team, focusing on technical expertise and career growth.
  • Champion the vision and execution of backend components like streaming data ingest and core APIs.
  • Collaborate with tech leads and product managers to ensure support for fielded production deployments.

Rust Microservices RabbitMQ

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