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Lead Backend Engineer

Attain · Redwood City, CA

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
82 days
Attain's roles stay open a median of 83 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Attain's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Attain
high
16 stale, 0 reposted of 16 open
Hiring momentum
18 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-25

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About this role

The Lead Backend Engineer at Attain will be responsible for designing, building, and owning backend services that support the Frisbee consumer application. This role involves collaborating closely with mobile engineers to define APIs and data models, providing architectural guidance, and ensuring the backend systems effectively manage business logic and user experience configurations. The position also offers opportunities for technical leadership and cross-functional impact.

Our read on this posting2.0out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Attain as an employer.

What you need

  • Strong backend engineering experience
  • Ability to own systems end to end
  • Experience designing and building backend services
  • Comfortable defining APIs, schemas, and data models
  • Strong communication skills
  • Interest in growing into broader technical leadership

Nice to have

  • 6+ years of experience building and owning backend systems in production environments
  • Experience operating systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Familiarity with backend- or configuration-driven client architectures
  • Experience with gRPC, protobuf, or GraphQL
  • Experience with relational databases

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Hybrid work schedule with specific in-office days
  • Focus on backend-driven architecture may limit front-end development opportunities

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Listed by Attain on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-25. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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