Staff Backend Engineer - Developer Foundations
AI summary of the role
Staff Backend Engineer on the Developer Foundations team at Fetch, owning architecture for developer tooling, test infrastructure, and engineering workflows.
What you’ll do
- Design and build tools, golden paths, SDKs, and evaluation frameworks for AI-assisted development workflows.
- Architect core building blocks like cross-platform contract testing, integration test infrastructure, and unified components.
- Build observability and governance for developer tooling, including telemetry and metrics for developer productivity and platform health.
- Lead architectural decisions across multiple services and domains, balancing reliability, velocity, maintainability, and cost.
What you’ll bring
- 12+ years designing, building, and operating backend or platform systems at scale.
- Strong programming background in Go, Python, or similar (Kotlin/Swift a plus).
- Deep experience owning architecture for complex distributed systems and making high-impact tradeoffs.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code).
Technologies
Go · Python · Kotlin · Swift · AWS · GitHub Copilot · Claude Code · AgentCore · LLM · CI
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
culture rooted in trust, accountability, and innovation. We encourage our employees to challenge ideas, think bigger, and always bring the fun to Fetch. Meet Fetch Platform Engineering Platform engineering at Fetch is grounded in service to developers, strong ownership, and purposeful innovation. Rather than building end-user features, platform engineers focus on the foundations that other teams rely on, spanning core systems, architecture, automation, and developer workflows. This work lives in complex problem spaces where the right answer is rarely obvious. Our engineers navigate ambiguity with data and sound judgment, understand tradeoffs, and partner closely across product and engineering to solve problems that scale. We maintain a high technical bar and value practicality, curiosity, and continuous improvement. This is an environment for builders who enjoy shaping durable
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