[Remote] Sr Software Engineer - Core Backend & Platform Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Basis is a company that empowers agencies and brands with cutting-edge software for digital media operations. The Sr Software Engineer will contribute to the platform's performance and reliability standards, lead platform projects, and collaborate closely with feature teams to improve the developer experience.ResponsibilitiesContribute to the platform's performance, observability, and reliability standards, and help drive adoption across feature teamsReshaping how we build and ship: CI/CD, trunk-based development, and developing a layered testing strategy (unit, integration, contract, end-to-end) so teams can test in isolation and deploy independentlyCollaborate closely with the Enterprise Developer Experience team to build shared toolingImprove the developer and pre-production experience for the core backend — pipeline design, environment stability, and a fast development feedback loopLead platform projects across the stack — release tooling, platform reliability, and the patterns that guide how we decompose the core backend in to servicesTake ownership of deliverables, quality, and on-call support across our systems and components, and drive projects from ideation through productionActively partner with the feature teams who depend on the systems you own — through pull requests, demos, design discussions, and identifying risks and blockers earlySkills5+ years of professional software engineering experienceExperience developing large-scale cloud-native systems — reliability, scalability, and the observability that keeps them healthyDepth in modern software delivery: CI/CD, trunk-based development, layered automated testing, and release practices like feature flagging, canary deployments, and progressive deliveryExperience contributing to org-wide standards — testing strategy, environment management, performance and SLOsFluency with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, etc.) as a core part of your development workflow — for code generation, debugging, exploring unfamiliar codebases, and documentation — paired with strong judgment for evaluating, refining, and taking full ownership of AI-generated outputA thoughtful, collaborative approach to design and decision-making, and a commitment to inclusive environments where all voices are valuedBenefitsBonusesEquityCompetitive benefitsFlexible work week401k/RRSP matchingMental health supportPaid sabbaticalsGenerous parental leaveFlexible work optionsCompany OverviewBasis, formerly ‘Centro,’ is the leading intelligent operating system for autonomous advertising. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://basis.com.Company H1B SponsorshipBasis has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2024, 5 in 2022, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.