Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Who We Are:

Sequoia is the strategic partner helping investor-backed companies of all sizes achieve their business goals through smarter people spend. For 24 years, we’ve guided the most innovative employers to navigate growth and get the most out of their global people investment. With our expert advisory team and integrated platform, we help clients drive business impact through their total comp and benefits, improving executive decision making, controlling costs, protecting the business, and elevating the employee experience. Visit Sequoia.com or follow us on LinkedIn to learn more.

Role Summary

This role combines hands-on backend engineering with ownership of the Benefits module in the US PT zone. The engineer will act as the first line of deep technical support, triaging production issues, debugging across services, and coordinating with India teams for fixes and improvements.

Key Responsibilities

Own backend architecture, stability, and support for the Benefits module

Act as local module lead for US timezone operations

Perform deep debugging using logs, code analysis, and system behavior

Identify root causes of production issues and drive resolution

Develop and deploy small hotfixes with alignment from India teams

Collaborate with PSM, Product Support, CSMs, and Sales for issue triage

Improve observability, logging, and system reliability

Participate in on-call / high-priority incident handling

Mentor junior engineers and guide technical decisions locally

Required Skills

Strong backend development experience (Java / Python / Node.js or similar)

Deep understanding of APIs, microservices, and distributed systems

Expertise in debugging production issues (logs, tracing, DB queries)

Solid understanding of databases (SQL/Mongo DB)

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release processes

Ability to work across time zones with offshore teams

Preferred Skills

Exposure to Benefits domain or HRTech systems

Experience with monitoring tools (Datadog, Cloud-watch, etc.)

Prior experience in production support-heavy environments

Key Traits

Strong ownership mindset

Excellent communication (client-facing interactions)

Calm under pressure during incidents

Sequoia’s Culture – Our most important asset

Integrity

Passion for service

Innovative

Growth oriented

Caring for others

Promise-centric

Focused on relationship building

Sequoia provides equal opportunity to all applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, citizenship, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

• Compensation & Benefits
• Sequoia provides competitive compensation including base salary, performance-based bonus programs, and comprehensive benefits package.

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