🚫 Please Note:

• We are not accepting outreach from external recruiters or agencies for this role.
• This is a hybrid role—please only apply if you can be in the office 2-3 days per week.

About North

The public cloud is rapidly evolving, with businesses investing over $200B annually in cloud technology. As AI accelerates demand for scalable infrastructure, cloud costs are soaring, and most teams still rely on spreadsheets to manage them.

At North, we’re building the next-generation cloud spend management platform. We give companies real-time visibility, control, and automation over their cloud finances, so they can grow efficiently, without wasting time or money.

Backed by top-tier investors and trusted by global customers like Brave, The New York Public Library, and SumUp, we’re assembling a world-class team to redefine how businesses manage cloud infrastructure. If you’re looking for impact, ownership, and the chance to build from 0 to 1, North is the place to be.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who thrives on building reliable, scalable systems. You’ll work across backend services, data pipelines, and APIs that form the foundation of our platform.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll partner with senior engineers and our CTO to design and implement core systems spanning multiple clouds. If you enjoy solving complex problems with data, building APIs that scale, and shaping the backbone of a modern SaaS platform, this role is for you.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and infrastructure that power North’s core platform.
• Work with our modern stack (Python, Lambda, DynamoDB, Bedrock,, Terraform) to deliver production systems
• Create large-scale, multi-cloud data processing pipelines to support analytics and AI use cases.
• Work across AWS and GCP using modern serverless tools and managed services
• Use Terraform to manage infrastructure as code, optimizing for scale, reliability, and speed
• Build real-time APIs and systems that support intelligent cost recommendations and financial modeling
• Ensure platform security and compliance
• Contribute to system observability and performance tuning
• Collaborate closely with the engineering team on system design, performance optimization, and scaling.
• Own your work from start to finish—architect, build, test, deploy, monitor.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of software engineering experience across cloud infrastructure, data engineering, or backend systems
• Deep experience with AWS (bonus: also GCP or Azure) and Terraform
• Strong Python skills; bonus for familiarity with Go or SQL
• Experience designing and optimizing ETL pipelines and data transformation workflows
• Proficiency in building and scaling APIs, especially those supporting real-time or near-real-time systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, etc.)
• Pragmatic, solution-oriented, and comfortable making tradeoffs in early-stage product development
• Excellent communicator with strong documentation habits and a collaborative engineering mindset

Nice to Have

• Experience in a startup or fast-moving environment
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in addition to AWS.
• Hands-on experience with BigQuery
• Background in data-heavy systems or ML infrastructure
• Familiarity with FinOps concepts or financial data pipelines
• AWS or GCP technical certifications
• Built platforms that scaled rapidly with user growth
• Understanding of AI/ML systems at the infrastructure level (data prep, feature stores, inference pipelines)
• Familiarity with SOC 2, GDPR, or cloud-native security/compliance practices

Work Setup

Hybrid role based in New York City, with an office in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• 16-week fully paid parental leave (20 weeks at 50% for mothers)
• Company-wide breaks: last week of August & Dec 23–Jan 3
• Healthcare: Anthem BlueCross Gold PPO, 75% employer-covered
• 30-day sabbatical every 4 years
• Ramp card for approved expenses

Compensation

• $160,000–$200,000 base salary depending on experience
• Equity included