Staff Software Engineer

Kadence is a company focused on building a document-focused platform, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to enhance their backend services and APIs. The role involves writing performant server-side code, defining API contracts, and optimizing data-heavy systems while ensuring code quality and scalability.

Responsibilities:

• Build and scale backend services and APIs for a document-focused platform
• Write performant server-side code and data pipelines
• Define API contracts and contribute to system design
• Develop reusable API primitives to accelerate feature delivery
• Integrate with third-party tools and internal ML systems
• Support frontend work to ship end-to-end features
• Optimize performance across data-heavy systems
• Own code quality, scalability, and developer experience (CI/CD, tooling)

Requirements:

• 8+ years of full stack experience with a backend focus
• Proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Go and API design
• Strong fundamentals in REST, data modeling, and databases (SQL/NoSQL)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)
• Familiarity with TypeScript and React
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and web fundamentals
• Strong communication and execution-driven mindset
• Experience with microservices and message queues
• Background in data pipelines or large-scale systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD and production environments
• Experience optimizing performance in data-intensive systems
• Comfort in fast-paced, high-ownership environments