Staff Backend Engineer Salary: Competitive and based on experience Location: Taipei City Keywords: cloud systems, distributed services, hybrid cloud, technical leadership, mentorship, microservices, API development, CI/CD automation, data security, SaaS and IaaS This is an exceptional opportunity for you to join a pioneering engineering team in Taipei City, where your expertise will help shape the future of risk insights and cloud technology. As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in delivering complex, distributed, and hybrid cloud solutions that empower customers with deep visibility into their networks. You will be at the forefront of bridging on-premises and public cloud environments, working within a supportive and collaborative culture that values technical excellence, mentorship, and continuous improvement. This position offers you the chance to influence strategic direction, mentor talented engineers, and work closely with business partners and external clients. If you are passionate about building scalable platforms, enjoy solving intricate problems, and thrive in a flexible environment that encourages knowledge sharing and professional growth, this is the perfect role for you. * Join a highly skilled engineering team focused on developing advanced cloud-managed platforms that extend across both on-premises data centres and public cloud environments, providing critical risk analysis and policy enforcement capabilities to customers. * Take on a multifaceted role as a technical leader, influencer, and mentor within a geographically distributed organisation, where your input will directly impact product strategy, design decisions, and the overall success of customer-facing services. * Enjoy a workplace that champions flexibility, collaboration, and personal development—offering opportunities to adopt new technologies while supporting your growth through meaningful projects and cross-functional partnerships.
What You'll Do
As a Staff Backend Engineer based in Taipei City, you will immerse yourself in architecting sophisticated backend systems that underpin mission-critical risk insight solutions. Your day-to-day activities will involve collaborating with diverse teams to define technical strategies while mentoring colleagues to foster a culture of shared responsibility. You will be hands-on in designing microservices architectures that seamlessly integrate on-premises infrastructure with public cloud offerings. By participating in every stage of the software development lifecycle—from ideation through deployment—you will ensure each solution is robustly engineered for performance and security. Your ability to balance business objectives with engineering priorities will be key as you build automation frameworks for CI/CD pipelines and champion best practices in monitoring and diagnostics. Through your efforts in creating scalable APIs and abstraction layers, you will help deliver low-latency experiences for customers navigating complex hybrid environments. Your contributions will not only advance technical excellence but also reinforce a supportive environment where knowledge sharing drives collective success.
- Provide technical leadership by setting strategic direction and designing robust backend architectures for scalable cloud-managed platforms.
- Mentor fellow engineers by fostering an inclusive culture of ownership, trust, innovation, and ongoing learning within the team.
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, engineering peers, and support teams to ensure alignment on vision, roadmap execution, and timely delivery of high-quality products and services.
- Actively participate in technical discussions, contribute to architectural designs, conduct code reviews, and drive best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Champion a Customer-First approach by ensuring all solutions are reliable, secure, performant, and tailored to meet client needs.
- Design and implement microservices architectures, abstraction layers, APIs, and platforms that optimise latency, cost efficiency, and user experience across hybrid multi-cloud environments.
- Engage in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) for both existing products and new initiatives spanning private clouds, public clouds, and on-premises deployments.
- Enable robust CI/CD pipelines by developing efficient automation frameworks that streamline development processes and support scalable releases.
- Advocate for comprehensive monitoring, diagnostics, alerting systems, security protocols, and compliance mechanisms within all backend services.
- Partner with geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones to deliver cohesive solutions that address global customer requirements.
What You Bring
To excel as a Staff Backend Engineer in this role, your background should reflect substantial experience architecting backend solutions for distributed cloud or hybrid environments. Your interpersonal skills will allow you to collaborate effectively across teams while nurturing an atmosphere of mutual respect. You bring proven expertise in programming languages relevant to backend development alongside an analytical mindset capable of tackling complex system design challenges. Your familiarity with modern DevOps practices—including CI/CD automation—will enable you to streamline workflows efficiently. A solid grasp of security protocols ensures your solutions remain resilient against evolving threats. Experience working remotely or across time zones demonstrates your adaptability within global teams. Above all else, your commitment to continuous learning positions you as both a mentor eager to share knowledge and an engineer ready to embrace emerging technologies.
- A minimum of eight years' demonstrable experience building large-scale backend services or products within distributed systems environments.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing when engaging with technical peers as well as non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience balancing business goals with engineering priorities while maintaining focus on delivering value-driven outcomes for customers.
- Comfort operating amid ambiguity—taking initiative to identify challenges proactively and implementing thoughtful solutions.
- Demonstrated emotional intelligence (EQ), remaining composed under pressure while earning trust from colleagues through considerate negotiation skills.
- Track record contributing successfully within geographically dispersed teams across various time zones—demonstrating adaptability in remote collaboration settings.
- Hands-on programming proficiency in languages such as Python, Go or C/C++, coupled with strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and operating system fundamentals.
- Deep expertise designing distributed systems with built-in monitoring tools; familiarity with alerting mechanisms to ensure service reliability.
- Extensive experience working within CI/CD environments—building automation frameworks that enable rapid yet stable software delivery cycles.
- Solid background designing RESTful APIs; knowledge of network/data security principles; experience with databases; authentication/authorisation mechanisms; messaging technologies; protocols like HTTP/TCP; file systems/storage technologies (e.g., ceph/NFS); Linux-based debugging; containerisation using Docker/Kubernetes; exposure to major public clouds (AWS/GCP/Azure).
What Sets This Company Apart
This organisation stands out as an industry leader dedicated to empowering its employees through meaningful work on cutting-edge technology platforms. The team's commitment to fostering an inclusive environment means everyone's voice is valued—encouraging open communication across all levels. Here you'll find ample opportunities for professional growth: whether it's adopting new tools or taking part in cross-functional projects that expand your skill set. The company's flexible approach supports work-life balance while promoting collaboration among talented individuals from diverse backgrounds. With access to challenging projects at the intersection of SaaS/IaaS innovation—and the chance to make tangible impacts on customer security—the workplace offers both stability and excitement for those passionate about technology's potential.
What's Next
If you are inspired by the prospect of shaping next-generation risk insight solutions while growing alongside knowledgeable peers in a supportive environment—this is your moment
Apply today by clicking on the link provided—take the next step towards joining an outstanding engineering team.