Join Future as a Staff Backend Engineer to design and implement APIs for a personalized health guidance platform in a fully remote environment.
Posted by employer 8 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 23 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Staff Backend Engineer at Future, the individual will design and implement APIs while optimizing existing systems to enhance performance. Proficiency in Go, AWS, Docker, and Postgres is essential, alongside a strong background in backend development and a pragmatic approach to engineering challenges. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over eight years of experience, particularly those who thrive in fast-paced startup environments and value user-centric product development.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Future's careers page November 2, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 28% of 87 comparable staff backend roles in United States that list AWS we track (median $204,000 across 41 companies). See AWS salary trends
- AWS appears in 34.4% of 314 comparable staff backend roles in United States; Docker appears in 10.2% of 314 comparable staff backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Backend Engineer role remote?
- Yes — Future lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Future lists $200,000–$230,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff Backend Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Docker, Go, PostgreSQL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Future targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Backend Engineer role at Future.
From the original posting
About Us:
About the Role
Backend engineers at Future operate at all levels -- building out core services, data pipelines, essential business systems, developer operations, and customer-facing features.
We’re responsible for the entirety of product surfaces across user and trainer experiences, and the initiatives we drive span across foundational core infrastructure to rapid feature iteration. Backend engineers work closely with several engineering teams & product managers to deliver the APIs, infrastructure, and scalability needed for every initiative.
You will:
- Design, implement, and test APIs for new products, features, and services
- Maintain and optimize existing systems, with emphasis on database-related performance
- Collaborate with other engineers across the stack as well as cross-functional stakeholders
- Keep up to date with the latest technologies and industry best practices, and encouraging fellow engineers to do so
- Serve as on-call engineer approximately one week per month, responsible for triaging incoming issues during non-working hour
You have:
- Great Product thinking. You think about the end user experience when you are building to consider whether the features you are building are not only meeting requirements but delighting users.
- 8+ years of production development experience, specifically working on backend / API
- Scrappiness and pragmatism. We are a small and fast-moving startup and value someone who can continually weigh tradeoffs to balance engineering excellence with velocity.
- Strong knowledge of Go, AWS, Docker (ECS), Postgres (RDS)
- Proven ability to employ software quality measures during development, such as unit/integration testing, monitoring, alerting
- Experience managing Docker-based microservice architecture
- Experience working in a fast-moving startup environment. You are adaptable to shifting priorities, and have a proven track record of cutting through asks to build what matters.
- Nice to have: experience working with ETL, with keen intuition for optimized database performance
Compensation, Benefits & Life at Future:
- Salary range: $200,000 - 230,000 / year + equity. The salary range is set based on multiple considerations including business needs, market demands, talent availability, experience, and unique skills and attributes. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
- Health coverage: All employees have access to comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and disability insurance + tax savings accounts
- 401(k) plan
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Future Membership: Enjoy our platform for free!
- Health, Wellness & Development: Health and fitness monthly stipend contributes to our employees’ overall wellbeing, with access to a mental health platform, reimbursement for medical travel, and an annual learning & development stipend.
- Remote First: Employment eligible to employees located anywhere in the continental US. No travel required.
- Join a diverse, passionate & driven team of all backgrounds.
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Life at Future
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