# Software Engineer, Backend at Seesaw

- Company: Seesaw
- What the company does: Backed by Antler.
- Company website: https://seesawvietnam.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $173K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-11
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/seesaw/jobs/4708763006
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/seesaw-software-engineer-backend/

## About the role

Seesaw provides a unique opportunity to impact the lives and learning of millions of students, educators, and parents in the US and across the world. The Core Systems team sits at the heart of the technology that powers the millions of interactions with our product every day, ensuring that the platform is reliable, available, performs well, and contributes meaningfully to learning in the classroom.

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years experience with backend development - durable systems-level thinking will always trump specific language experience
- Thorough understanding of the mechanics of distributed systems - things like eventual consistency, fan-in fan-out patterns, backpressure, etc
- Familiarity with AWS core services (EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, ECS/EKS) or similar cloud experience
- Proficient with CI/CD pipelines, preferably Github Actions
- Self-starter with an ability to execute independently, knowing when to stop and seek more information and when to forge ahead and boldly own your vision
- Proven experience owning and operating the infrastructure that runs software at a high scale (think billions of incoming requests per month)

Tags: Engineering