Senior Staff Backend Engineer

Job title: Senior Staff Backend Engineer Location: Pleasanton, CA (Hybrid – 3 days a week onsite) Duration: Full-time Role Overview Meeru AI is seeking a Senior Staff Backend Engineer to lead the design and development of our core backend services powering an AI-native enterprise finance platform. You will build scalable, configuration-driven services that process large volumes of financial and operational data with a strong focus on correctness, auditability, and performance. This is a hands-on technical leadership role partnering with Product, AI, and Data Engineering teams. Key Responsibilities Design and develop scalable backend services for data-intensive computation.Build reusable, configuration-driven service architectures and processing frameworks.Ensure data correctness, traceability, auditability, and reproducible results.Optimize SQL, data processing pipelines, and backend performance.Develop secure, multi-tenant cloud-native services for enterprise deployments.Lead architecture reviews, mentor engineers, and establish backend engineering best practices.Collaborate with AI, Data, and Product teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions. Required Skills 8-12+ years of backend software engineering experience with Staff-level technical leadership.Strong expertise in Python (Go or Java experience is a plus).Advanced SQL, data modeling, and large-scale data processing.Experience building distributed, configuration-driven backend systems.Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, Snowflake, REST APIs, and cloud-native architectures.Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD.Deep understanding of system design, scalability, performance optimization, and reliability.Excellent problem-solving, architecture, and cross-functional collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience in Finance, Accounting, ERP, Analytics, or regulated enterprise environments.Experience with multi-tenant SaaS platforms and customer-hosted deployments.Exposure to AI/ML, LLM applications, or data engineering workflows.Experience building highly auditable and compliant enterprise systems.