# Lead Software Engineer, Backend - Growth & Monetization at Nominal

- Company: Nominal
- What the company does: Nominal powers mission-critical engineering with advanced data infrastructure, real-time observability, and analysis tools — all in one collaborative platform. Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.nominal.io/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $255K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-08
- Apply by: 2026-12-23
- Apply: https://jobs.gem.com/nominal/am9icG9zdDoismb3Lxk65kH4SSAmYMZW?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/nominal-lead-software-engineer-backend-growth-and-monetization/

## About the role

We're looking for a product-minded engineer to set the technical direction for how customers discover, adopt and realize value from Nominal. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Strong experience in Go, Rust or Java, with an emphasis on correctness, clarity and long-lived systems
- You've tech-led a team or formally mentored engineers, set the standard others worked to and been accountable for what the group delivered
- You've been the person other teams come to for decisions in your domain, and you've owned the tradeoffs across engineering, product and finance
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and data modeling for systems that have to be correct, like billing and entitlements
- You identify opportunities from data, run experiments and measure impact on customer adoption and business growth
- You explain technical decisions clearly to engineers and to business leaders, and you design, build, ship and operate what you own


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/nominal-lead-software-engineer-backend-growth-and-monetization/