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Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Hive · San Francisco · Active · Lever
Job facts
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Company | Hive |
| Title | Senior Software Engineer - Backend |
| Normalized title | - |
| Department / team | Hive / Product & Engineering |
| Location | San Francisco, CA, United States |
| Work model | - |
| Employment type | Full Time |
| Salary | - |
| Status | active |
| ATS provider | Lever |
| Posted / first seen | 2021-11-23 / 2026-05-29 |
| Changed / last seen | 2026-05-29 / 2026-06-06 |
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| Page | What it contains | Open |
|---|---|---|
| Company jobs | Active postings from Hive. | Open |
| Company breakdowns | Role, location, ATS, and work model facets for this company. | Open |
| ATS provider jobs | Active postings observed through Lever. | Open |
| Provider filtered search | The same provider as a filtered job collection. | Open |
| City jobs | Active postings in San Francisco. | Open |
| Department jobs | Active postings in Hive. | Open |
| Lifecycle events | Open, update, close, and reopen events for this posting. | Open |
| Original posting | Canonical source or apply URL captured from the ATS. | Open |
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| Company | Hive |
| Source | eae7c52d-1a4a-401e-97a1-0edf8f560a4c |
| ATS provider | Lever |
Description
Responsibilities
Design, implement or improve features in a variety of backend systems including our REST APIs, microservices, data ingestion and processing systems, and distributed task/job processing systems
Write and maintain scalable, performant and secure code that can be shared across platforms
Meaningfully contribute to the product and core backend systems by suggesting and executing improvements
Improve engineering standards, tooling, processes and security
Practice test-driven development
Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Participate in on-call rotations, as needed, to ensure prompt and effective resolution of critical technical issues
Utilize OWASP top 10 techniques to secure code from vulnerabilities
Maintain awareness of industry best practices for data maintenance handling as it relates to your role
Adhere to policies, guidelines and procedures pertaining to the protection of information assets
Report actual or suspected security and/or policy violations/breaches to an appropriate authority
Requirements
You have a Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related field
A minimum of 5 years of experience with building scalable web applications
You have experience or a strong interest in writing applications in Node.js
You have designed and implemented highly-available distributed systems/microservices
You have experience building platforms that expose scalable backend APIs
You have deep experience working with relational databases, Postgres preferred
Understanding monitoring and alerting platforms is a plus
You strongly believe in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
You have attention to detail and a passion for correctness
You are comfortable with ambiguity and scoping solutions with your teammates
You have strong interpersonal and communication skills with a bias towards action
Full job record
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| Org ID | a62dbd92-2913-4b63-a849-459b1cd25dc5 |
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| Board ID | eae7c52d-1a4a-401e-97a1-0edf8f560a4c |
| Provider | lever |
| Provider Job Key | 55069e13-9442-4a6a-8f5b-20bb43352a73 |
| Title | Senior Software Engineer - Backend |
| Normalized Title | — |
| Status | active |
| Active | yes |
| Location Text | San Francisco |
| Department | Hive |
| Team | Product & Engineering |
| Employment Type | Full-time |
| Workplace Type | — |
| Remote Policy | — |
| Country | United States |
| Region | CA |
| City | San Francisco |
| Salary Raw | — |
| Salary Min | — |
| Salary Max | — |
| Salary Currency | — |
| Salary Period | — |
| Source URL | https://jobs.lever.co/hive/55069e13-9442-4a6a-8f5b-20bb43352a73 |
| Apply URL | https://jobs.lever.co/hive/55069e13-9442-4a6a-8f5b-20bb43352a73/apply |
| First Seen At | 2026-05-29 07:05:50Z |
| Last Seen At | 2026-06-06 07:57:47Z |
| Last Checked At | 2026-06-06 07:57:47Z |
| Last Changed At | 2026-05-29 07:05:50Z |
| Inactive At | — |
| Source Posted At | 2021-11-23 23:24:28Z |
| Source Updated At | — |
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