# Staff Backend Engineer, Data Platform at Osmo

- Company: Osmo
- What the company does: Osmo turns the iPad you already have into hands-on learning — real pieces kids touch, games that teach letters, math and coding. Free US shipping, 30-day returns. Backed by Accel, GV and Lux.
- Company website: http://www.playosmo.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Elizabeth, NJ
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $220K to $275K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-15
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/osmo/2f03346c-c9d8-4e8a-81c2-5732e58445ee
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/osmo-staff-backend-engineer-data-platform/

## About the role

Osmo's engineering team is currently junior, and we're looking for the senior backend voice to help it grow up. This is a backend-forward seat with a data component on the side, not a database architecture role: you'll own systems up through the API layer, bringing production judgment, on-call experience, and structured problem solving the team doesn't have yet.

## What they're looking for

- 6-15 Years of Non-Internship Experience — Staff-level backend engineer, internships, co-ops, and student roles don't count toward this
- A Designer, Not Just an Implementer — Real system or workflow design ownership, not just "built X, shipped Y" without design-level involvement
- Real Production Ownership — Has run services in production, including on-call and monitoring responsibility
- Staff-Level Problem Solver — Can take a large, ambiguous problem, question whether it's the right one to solve at all, and scope a sensible first chunk instead of diving straight in
- Comfortable Building the Foundation — Not chasing scale for its own sake, ready to do foundational reliability and robustness work first
- Python and SQL baseline expected, TypeScript, Go, or Scala experience is a plus, not a requirement

Tags: Software