Senior Backend Engineer

ABOUT PLACER.AI:

Placer.ai is transforming how organizations understand the physical world. Our location analytics platform provides unprecedented visibility into locations, markets, and consumer behavior. Placer empowers thousands of customers—from Fortune 500 companies, to local governments and nonprofits— to make smarter, data-driven decisions.

What sets us apart? We've built the most advanced location intelligence platform in the market while maintaining an uncompromising commitment to privacy, proving that powerful analytics and responsible data practices can coexist.

Our growth reflects the market's demand: we reached $100M in annual recurring revenue within just 6 years of launching, achieved unicorn status with a $1B+ valuation in 2022, and continue to expand rapidly as one of North America's fastest-growing tech companies. We're creating a $100B+ market opportunity, and we're just getting started.

Named one of Forbes America's Best Startup Employers and a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 company, we're building a culture where innovation thrives, collaboration is the norm, and every team member contributes to reshaping how the world understands location.

SUMMARY:

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join Placer.ai’s core engineering group and build the systems behind one of the world’s largest location-analytics platforms.
In this role, you’ll work on backend services that process and serve billions of data points, power ML-driven insights, and operate at high scale and high reliability. If you’re motivated by hard technical challenges, modern infrastructure, and collaborating with strong engineers, this role is built for you.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design, build, and evolve large-scale, distributed backend systems that power Placer.ai’s data and AI products
Own services end-to-end — from architecture and design to production, monitoring, and continuous improvement
Drive performance, scalability, and reliability, using data and metrics to guide decisions
Build infrastructure and data pipelines that support machine-learning, analytics, and real-time use cases
Partner closely with Product, Data Science, and Analytics to turn complex data into impactful product features
Raise the engineering bar through code reviews, design discussions, and technical mentorship

REQUIREMENTS:

8+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally in high-scale B2B SaaS or data-driven products
Proven experience building production-grade distributed systems
Strong proficiency in one or more of: Python, Java, Go, Node.js, .NET
Excellent software engineering fundamentals: system design, data structures, APIs, testing, and observability
Hands-on experience working with data-intensive systems
BSc in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

WHY JOIN PLACER.AI?

Join a rocketship! We are pioneers of a new market that we are creating
Take a central and critical role at Placer.ai
Work with, and learn from, top-notch talent
Competitive salary
Excellent benefits

NOTEWORTHY LINKS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PLACER

Placer.ai's $100M round C funding (unicorn valuation!)
See our data in action at The Anchor
Placer.ai in the news
Video: About Placer for Commercial Real Estate
Video Playlist: Placer Brand & Explainer Videos

Placer.ai is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and promoting a safe, healthy working environment for all employees.

Placer.ai is an equal opportunity employer and has a global remote workforce. Placer.ai’s applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to an applicant’s disability or need for accommodation. Any Placer.ai applicant who requires reasonable accommodations during the application process should contact Placer.ai’s Human Resources Department to make the need for an accommodation known.