Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

• Salary Range: $150k-$200k

• Plus Equity

About Us:

Squint is the Manufacturing Intelligence Platform that brings together the latest innovations in AI and AR to make every operator an expert. Our story starts with manufacturing, a $7T industry that is the foundation of the world as we know it. Faced with a generational inflection point, the industry is in need of a new wave of technology that bridges the knowledge gap between the retiring and incoming workforce.

We believe our solution can extend beyond manufacturing, and we’re working on empowering workforces in industries like Energy, Healthcare, Hospitality, and more. Squint’s mission is to accelerate human potential by bringing digital knowledge into the real world.

About the Job:

Squint is growing our team with a Senior Backend Engineer! In this role, you’ll build scalable and efficient backend systems and infrastructure to power our cutting-edge platform. As a Senior Engineer on our engineering-led, growth-stage team, you’ll play a key role in shaping our technology stack, influencing product roadmap decisions, and collaborating on design. As an early team member, you’ll also help foster a world-class engineering culture—one that values collaboration, craft, and impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate a clear understanding of our customers and how they use Squint into consistently effective engineering work and sound product decisions.

• Deliver timely, technically sound, scalable architecture; review code, and perform all phases of the development life cycle.

• Use your significant professional expertise as a Software Engineer to contribute to the team’s progress across all technical aspects of development at Squint.

• Collaborate with product management, design, and customers as stakeholders for your work.

• Help build a world-class engineering culture, including all of the stages involved in bringing a product from concept or idea through market release and beyond.

• Share knowledge of our craft effectively as a part of a curious and ambitious culture of growth.

• Flexibly contribute to get the job done – we’re a startup!

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer

• Track record of creating scalable, performant, and well-documented software

• Experience with one or more of the following areas (or related technologies):

  • Modern web/backend technologies: React, Typescript, Node, Next, Python

  • Cloud platforms/infrastructure: GCP, AWS, Azure, Docker, Nginx

  • Databases: Relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and Non-relational (MongoDB, Firestore)

  • Integrations with large-scale enterprise systems like IBM, SAP, Oracle

• Proficient with (or excited about) AI-enabled developer tooling such as Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, Devin.ai

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent professional experience in technical best practices

• High energy, clarity of communication, curiosity, and empathy

• Team-oriented, collaborative, and high-ownership mindset

• Flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced environment

• Excited to work side by side with our leadership team in our vibrant SF office 5x/week

Benefits:

• Commuter Benefits

• Health insurance

• Maven digital platform for parent and parents to be

• PTO

• 401(k)

• Laptop

• Travel to company offsites

A final note

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Squint is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds without regard to race, gender, age, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage you to apply even if you're not quite sure you fit all the requirements for the role!

Ready to redefine the future? Join us at Squint and be a part of something revolutionary.