Senior Backend Engineer (SDE-3)

About the role:

As a Senior Backend Engineer (SDE-3) at Phyllo, you will play a critical role in architecting and scaling the core systems that power our data aggregation platform. You will drive major product and platform initiatives end-to-end, influence engineering best practices, and mentor other engineers. Your work will have a direct impact on millions of creators and the companies that rely on Phyllo for mission-critical data. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role for someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments and enjoys solving complex distributed-systems challenges

What you'll be expected to do:

• Own, architect, and deliver large backend features and subsystems end-to-end.
• Design scalable, backward-compatible REST/GraphQL APIs that support diverse internal and external clients.
• Lead architectural decisions for distributed systems, data pipelines, and service-to-service communication patterns.
• Manage, tune, and evolve distributed systems deployed in the cloud, ensuring fault tolerance and resilience.
• Prototype, experiment, and validate new approaches to enhance performance or expand product capabilities.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, data, and platform engineering teams to drive impact.
• Mentor and coach mid-level engineers, elevating team capabilities and technical depth

You’ll be a good fit if:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5-8 years of experience in backend development.
• Deep understanding of architecting distributed systems, event-driven designs, and microservices
• Experience with Python programming languages. Knowledge on Reactjs is a plus
• Detailed problem-solving approach and knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, extensible, highly maintainable code.
• Experience working in hyper-growth or rapidly scaling startup environments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to write technical specs, design docs, and RFCs.
• Proven ability to decompose complex problems into scalable, modular services.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Passion for designing and deploying high performance, highly scalable distributed systems with extensive monitoring and logging practices.
• Passion for driving continual improvement initiatives on engineering standard methodologies like coding, testing or monitoring.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write detailed technical documents.
• Cross-collaborating with multiple teams to drive impact.
• Understanding of distributed storage and database systems (SQL or NoSQL).
• Ability to decompose complex problems into clean, extensible, performant services and systems.

What we offer:

• Hybrid Working Environment: Work both from the office and remotely as needed for a better work-life balance.
• Flexible Hours: Choose to work in the hours you feel the most productive.
• Innovate and Evolve: We’re building a high-growth, high-autonomy culture. We rely less on job titles and more on cultivating an environment where anyone can contribute, the best ideas win, and personal growth is driven by expanding impact and less by title.

What's in it for you?

We invest in our people and believe in hiring for high-potential and humble individuals who can rapidly grow their responsibilities as the company scales. You will infuse insights and ideas into business decision-making, solutions strategy, and the innovation roadmap for each product.

Do you truly want to make a difference and revolutionise the creator economy through data? If yes, Phyllo is the perfect place for you.