Staff Backend Engineer, Monetization

8+ years of industry experience as a backend/service engineer

6+ years of experience working in a cloud environment such as GCP, AWS, or Azure

Strong programming skills: Proficiency in Go; Python is a bonus

System Design & Architecture: Expert-level understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architecture, cloud design patterns, and cross-cutting architectural concerns spanning multiple teams and services

Technical Leadership & Influence: Demonstrated ability to define and drive technical direction across teams — not just within a single product area. Able to identify and close gaps that don't fit neatly into any one team's remit

Collaboration and Communication skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication; able to synthesize complex technical tradeoffs for both engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders including senior leadership

Cloud Technologies: Expert proficiency with Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, gRPC/Protobuf, Argo, Kafka, and related infrastructure; able to reason about and improve org-wide platform decisions

Mentorship & Engineering Culture: Track record of raising the technical bar for others — through code review, design feedback, documentation, or informal mentorship