Backend Engineer - Seattle

Founded in 2021 by Sanjay Agrawal and Shashank Gupta, the visionary co-founders of ThoughtSpot (Gartner’s BI Magic Quadrant leader), Revefi is a Series A funded startup that has raised $30 Million from renowned investment firms like Icon Ventures, Mayfield Fund, GTM Capital, and StepStone Group. 

 

Revefi’s Agentic AI solution is transforming how modern enterprises manage their data reliability, operations, quality, and cost. 

 

Our flagship AI Agent is a cross-platform solution that spans all major cloud data providers, and is enabling major corporations like Verisk, AMD, Ocean Spray, and Stanley Black & Decker optimize cloud spend, ensuring high data quality, and operational performance through AI-powered automation and intelligence.

 

We’re building the future of Cloud Data Cost Optimization and Cloud Data Operations, and are looking for the right individuals to join us on this journey. 

 

Revefi was recently recognised as a 2025 Gartner® Cool Vendor™. You can read up more about our values, and vision at revefi.com. 

 

We are seeking a talented and experienced Lead Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining our cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) platform. You will play a crucial role in leading the technical direction, architecture, and implementation of our backend systems. Collaboration with cross-functional teams, including product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps, will be essential to deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable solutions.

 

You’ll work directly with the founders and engineering leadership to design backend systems that are secure, scalable, and cost-efficient — while also mentoring and growing a high-caliber engineering team.

Develop and maintain backend services for our SaaS platform

Contribute to scalable APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-based backend workflows

Support performance, reliability, and monitoring improvements across platform components

Collaborate with senior engineers and participate in technical discussions and code reviews

Work cross-functionally with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver new features

Assist in backend technology decisions, system design, and implementation tasks

Follow engineering best practices in coding, testing, and deployment processes

Contribute to team collaboration, knowledge sharing, and a strong engineering culture

Stay updated with backend technologies and continuously improve technical skills

2+ years of backend development experience in Java, Golang, C++, or similar programming languages

Good understanding of scalable backend systems, APIs, and cloud-native applications

Strong grasp of backend fundamentals including data structures, networking, and system design basics

Ability to debug issues, optimize performance, and write efficient, maintainable code

Experience working in fast-paced startup or product-based environments is preferred

Strong ownership mindset with good communication and collaboration skills

Eagerness to learn, grow, and work closely with senior engineers on complex backend systems

Passion for building clean, scalable, and reliable software solutions

Experience with cloud data warehouses: Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift

Hands-on with AWS, GCP, or Azure in production environments

Familiarity with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)

Experience working with both SQL and NoSQL systems

Exposure to building SaaS platforms or developer infrastructure

Open-source contributions or active engagement in developer communities