Flexera saves customers billions of dollars in wasted technology spend. A pioneer in Hybrid ITAM and FinOps, Flexera provides award-winning, data-oriented SaaS solutions for technology value optimization (TVO), enabling IT, finance, procurement and cloud teams to gain deep insights into cost optimization, compliance and risks for each business service. Flexera One solutions are built on a set of definitive customer, supplier and industry data, powered by our Technology Intelligence Platform, that enables organizations to visualize their Enterprise Technology Blueprint⢠in hybrid environmentsâfrom on-premises to SaaS to containers to cloud.
Weâre transforming the software industry.⯠Weâre Flexera. âŻWithmore than 50,000 customersacross the world, weâre achievingthat goal.Butwe knowwe canât do any of that without our team. Ready to help us re-imagine the industry during a time of substantial growth and ambitious plans?⯠Come and see whyweâre consistently recognized by Gartner, Forrester and IDCas a category leader in the marketplace. Learn more atflexera.com
We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to provide technical leadership and architectural direction for the backend systems powering our Data FinOps platform. This role is ideal for a senior technologist who thrives on solving complex, dataâintensive problems at scale and influencing engineering direction beyond a single team.
As a Staff Engineer, you will own critical backend architecture, partner closely with product and platform teams, and raise the technical bar across the organization through design leadership, mentorship, and pragmatic decisionâmaking.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, and evolution of highly scalable, cloudânative backend systems and APIs.
- Drive technical strategy for reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency across dataâintensive workloads.
- Own complex backend initiatives endâtoâend, from design through production rollout and operational maturity.
- Collaborate closely with data engineering, frontend, platform, and SRE teams to ensure cohesive system design and execution.
- Influence engineering standards and best practices around code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence.
- Review and guide designs and implementations across teams, acting as a trusted technical advisor.
- Mentor senior and junior engineers, helping grow technical depth and leadership within the organization.
- Stay ahead of industry trends in backend systems, cloud platforms, and data engineering, applying them thoughtfully at scale.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelorâs or Masterâs degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience, with a proven track record of building and scaling complex production systems.
- Deep expertise in Python (experience with Java, Go, or Node.js is a strong plus).
- Strong experience designing distributed systems and RESTful APIs using frameworks such as Flask or FastAPI.
- Handsâon experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloudânative architectures.
- Solid understanding of relational databases and data platforms/warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks).
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in largeâscale or production environments.
- Strong fundamentals in system design, data structures, algorithms, and tradeâoff analysis.
- Experience driving or influencing CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and operational practices.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across teams.
Preferred Skills
- Experience building largeâscale data or analytics platforms.
- Strong background in observability, monitoring, and incidentâdriven learning.
- Experience with security, compliance, and enterpriseâgrade SaaS requirements.
- Prior experience in FinOps, cloud cost optimization, or enterprise SaaS platforms.
- Experience building AIâpowered backend systems, including LLMâbased or agentâdriven workflows.
- Familiarity with integrating LLMs with APIs, data platforms, and services in production.
- Exposure to agent frameworks or orchestration patterns (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar).
Why Join Flexera
- Lead and shape missionâcritical backend platforms used by global enterprises.
- Work on complex, highâimpact problems at the intersection of cloud, data, and cost optimization.
- A collaborative, inclusive, and technically driven culture that values strong engineering judgment.
- Competitive compensation, flexible work arrangements, and clear growth paths for senior technical leaders.
Flexera is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.⯠Qualified applicants will be considered for open roles regardless of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local/national laws, policies and/or regulations.âŻ
Flexera understands the value that results from employing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. We recognize that equity necessitates acknowledging past exclusion and that inclusion requires intentional effort. Our DEI(Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)council is the driving force behind our commitment to championing policies and practices that foster a welcoming environment for all.
We encourage candidates requiring accommodations to please let us know by emailingcareers@flexera.com.