Staff Software Engineer

About Us: 

Kaseya is the leading provider of IT infrastructure and security management solutions for MSPs and internal IT teams. 

This Staff-level position is part of the Datto Endpoint Backup product group. The Staff Backend Engineer (Golang) will drive architectural direction, lead complex cross-team initiatives, mentor engineers, and ensure our backup and cloud services systems are scalable, resilient, and strategic. 

Skills & Experience 

- 8+ years building large-scale backend systems; expertise in Golang. 

- Deep experience with gRPC, REST APIs, Docker, Kubernetes. 

- Experience working on and developing for Linux 

- Expertise with PostgreSQL and Cassandra. 

- Strong architectural leadership with microservices and distributed systems. 

- Familiarity with QEMU/KVM, VMware ESX, Hyper-V 

- Strong testing methodology knowledge. 

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills. 

Technical Expertise 

• 8+ years of professional experience building large-scale backend systems, with extensive proficiency in Golang (or comparable languages with the ability to transition quickly). 

• Deep expertise in designing, consuming, and evolving REST APIs and gRPC for high-throughput and distributed environments. 

• Strong experience building and operating containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes in production. 

• Demonstrated experience designing resilient systems using relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and Cassandra. 

Architectural Leadership 

• Strong command of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and event-driven patterns. 

• Experience shaping technical strategy, influencing cross-team architecture, and making long-term design decisions. 

• Ability to evaluate trade-offs across scalability, cost, performance, and operational overhead. 

Software Quality & Engineering Practices 

• Deep understanding of testing methodologies, including unit, integration, and load testing. 

• Experience building observable systems (logging, metrics, tracing). 

• Comfort working across Windows and Linux environments. 

Soft Skills 

• Strong communication skills; able to articulate complex technical concepts to both engineers and stakeholders. 

• Proven ability to lead cross-team initiatives, set technical standards, and drive execution. 

• Skilled at decomposing ambiguous problems and defining clear, scalable solutions. 

• Adept at mentoring senior and mid-level engineers across multiple teams. 

Responsibilities 

Technical Leadership & Strategy 

• Serve as a domain expert for backend systems within Datto Endpoint Backup and influence technical direction across product lines. 

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of high-performance, secure, and fault-tolerant backend services. 

• Define and promote engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural frameworks. 

System Design & Feature Ownership 

• Own mission-critical features and subsystems—from concept to production rollout—and ensure operational excellence. 

• Conduct deep design reviews, provide technical oversight, and guide teams through complex engineering challenges. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Partner closely with Product Management, SRE, Infrastructure, and other engineering teams to align on roadmaps, scope large initiatives, and balance business requirements with technical scalability. 

• Participate in long-term planning, capacity forecasting, and technical roadmap creation. 

Mentorship & Organizational Impact 

• Mentor engineers across multiple teams through code reviews, design sessions, and technical coaching. 

• Raise the overall engineering bar through knowledge sharing, internal talks, and documentation. 

• Provide guidance in incident response, root-cause analysis, and long-term reliability improvements. 

Technical Stack 

• Backend: Golang, gRPC, REST APIs 

• Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes 

• Databases: Cassandra, PostgreSQL 

Nice to Have 

• Advanced CI/CD pipeline development (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) 

• Experience building Windows services or working with NTFS internals 

• Experience with ZFS 

• Experience with object stores 

• Experience developing for macOS