# Sr. Software Engineer (Backend) at Pendo

- Company: Pendo
- What the company does: Backed by Battery and Sapphire.
- Company website: http://www.pendo.io/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Raleigh, NC
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $135K to $150K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-20
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pendo/jobs/8515648002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pendo-sr-software-engineer-backend/

## About the role

The Core team builds features and platform capabilities that power critical areas of the Pendo product experience. The team supports high-stakes customer use cases, shapes how systems evolve over time, and creates a more consistent experience across the platform. This work sits in complex product areas where delivery speed, system reliability, and long-term maintainability all matter.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, with a track record of delivering customer-facing SaaS product features in a production environment
- Demonstrated ability to break ambiguous work into small, deliverable increments and move it forward independently despite ambiguity
- Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages, including Go, Java, Python, or C++
- Deep understanding of scalable web architecture, API design, and performance optimization
- Experience with cloud platforms, including AWS or GCP, and both SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience designing and writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, with a clear sense of when and how to apply each

Tags: Engineering