Senior Software Engineer, Backend

New York, New York, US, San Francisco, California, US Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description
We are hiring our next software engineer to join the team! We’re looking for talented Backend Engineers who will be creating and improving key backend features for our product. You will own large parts of the product architecture, speak directly with customers, work with design to define the product, and help the business meet its goals. As a member of our team, you will be expected to help drive decisions outside of engineering as well. From defining our product roadmap, to contributing to our go-to-market strategy, Explo is a great opportunity for you to learn what it takes to turn a product into a business.

What you will do:

  • You will help define lasting process and own very important parts of our product. This is an opportunity to have real ownership on high priority projects.
  • You will primarily spend your time improving existing products and creating new ones, providing a great deal of value for our customers.
  • You will create team-wide systems from the ground up that. You will have a direct impact on best practices and shaping our engineering team’s processes and culture.
  • You’ll be building things that people love, and you’ll interact with our users every day to get feedback on your work and help troubleshoot issues.
  • You will work directly with our product designer, product manager, and business team to scope large projects and execute against them.
  • You’ll be a part of a dynamic engineering team and greater company culture, that values collaboration, transparency and autonomy.

What are we looking for?

  • 4+ years software engineering experience.
  • Excitement to tackle hard technical problems: scaling infrastructure, data engineering as a service, opening PRs in open source libraries, resilient testing infrastructure, etc.
  • Experience with Django and Python is preferred.

Benefits + Perks

  • Unlimited PTO
  • Monthly lunch stipend
  • One Medical membership
  • 401k
  • Comprehensive health, vision and dental insurance
  • Competitive salary range from $170k to $225k dependent on years of experience and skill level
About Explo:
Explo makes it easy for companies to build customer-facing dashboards, replacing the need for a full-fledged analytics team. We’re a well funded, early stage start up, that’s rapidly growing with no signs of slowing down. We’re looking for growth minded people who are interested in an opportunity with real ownership in an all-star team. If this role doesn’t sound like the right fit, let’s chat! We have multiple openings across departments and are always on the hunt for great talent.
 
 
About this role

Summary

Create and improve backend features, own product architecture, and collaborate with teams.

Job title

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Experience level

4+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

New York or San Francisco; remote work not mentioned

Salary

$170k to $225k

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

software engineeringDjangoPython

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

backendDjangoPythondata engineeringinfrastructure
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

New York, NY, USA

On-site City

San Francisco, CA, USA

On-site City