Manifest Cyber Public: Senior Backend Application Engineer - Product & Platform

About the Role

Manifest is hiring a highly qualified, Senior+ backend software engineer responsible for designing and scaling new and existing web services and ETL architecture to support high-throughput environments. This role drives high-performance, resilient system designs in a fast-paced, data-intensive startup.

The impact you will have:

• Architect and build robust, fault-tolerant web and ETL services that scale to high throughput.
• Design high-performance systems that efficiently handle 10K's+ transactions/sec.
• Identify and implement improvements in system performance and processes.
• Collaborate with product management, designers, and other engineers to build new features.
• Develop robust monitoring, testing, and deployment strategies for mission-critical services.
• Define and maintain high standards for engineering culture and team growth.

Key Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on web services and ETL systems.
• Proven track record scaling high-volume, data-intensive systems.
• Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with containerization, orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Previous experience with B2B SaaS products and early-stage technology startups.
• Proficiency or ability to quickly learn Typescript, Mongo, Go, and Python.

Required Skills