Senior Backend Software Engineer
Amplemarket
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Jul 20, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend-focused engineering role at a post-Series A B2B sales platform, working closely with the co-founding team to build and maintain reliable backend systems and APIs that support new product features. The work spans scaling data infrastructure holding terabytes of information, designing complex distributed systems, and shipping product improvements regularly. It suits engineers who are comfortable owning critical components end-to-end and mentoring peers in a cross-functional team.
Senior level · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8,900 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,300–13,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting explicitly states 'We don't require you to have experience in our stack to apply' — all named technologies (Ruby on Rails, React, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis) are therefore stack context rather than hard gates, and are marked preferred accordingly.
NLP is mentioned as an example of the kinds of problems the team solves ('NLP models that can extract information from a thread of emails'), not as a candidate requirement; included as preferred for completeness.
No minimum years of experience are stated at the role level.
The role is open to candidates in EMEA, LATAM, or North America; the caller has declared it fully remote with a national (US) candidate pool.
Seniority is assessed as Senior based on the scope described: owning complex components, driving the product roadmap, providing mentorship, and working directly with co-founders — despite no explicit level word in the title.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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