Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Backend)
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Nebius operates large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure. As a Senior/Staff Backend Software Engineer, you'll design, build, and operate backend services that are reliable, scalable, and performant. Your responsibilities will include: Design and implement distributed backend systems Own services end-to-end: architecture, development, testing, deployment, and production support Work closely with infrastructure, SRE, and GTM teams to deliver robust solutions Improve system performance, reliability, and observability Participate in technical design discussions and mentor other engineers Make pragmatic trade-offs between speed, quality, and long-term maintainability Contribute to architectural decisions that directly impact system scalability, cost efficiency, and long-term platform evolution What we expect you to have: 5+ years of experience building backend systems in production Strong proficiency in Python (Go is a strong plus) Experience with distributed systems and high-throughput services Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design Hands-on experience with databases (SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, NoSQL) Experience working in Linux environments Ability to debug complex production issues A track record of owning systems in production and making sound technical decisions under real-world constraints It will be an added bonus if you have: Experience with cloud platforms or infrastructure-level systems Knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, or service meshes Background in performance optimization or low-latency systems Familiarity with observability tools (metrics, logging, tracing) Key employee benefits: Health insurance: 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families. 401(k) plan: up to 4% company match with immediate vesting. Parental leave: 20 weeks paid for primary caregivers, 12 weeks for secondary caregivers. Remote work reimbursement: up to $85/month for mobile and internet. Disability & life insurance: company-paid short-term, long-term and life insurance coverage. Join Nebius Today!
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About Nebius: Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure. Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI. Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.
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