Senior Backend Software Engineer, Terzo

• 5+ years of experience designing and building backend systems or developer platforms in distributed, cloud-native environments
• Experience building or scaling data platforms, backend systems, or core infrastructure
• Experience designing APIs for critical services processing highly sensitive data
• Solid understanding of relational and non-relational data stores, data modeling, and performance optimization
• Strong backend development experience in Go or Python
• High ownership mentality with comfort making architectural decisions
• Strong product intuition paired with disciplined engineering judgment
• Comfort operating in environments with evolving requirements and incomplete information
• Clear communication skills across engineering, product, and business stakeholders

Desirable

• Reports to: Director of Engineering
• Terzo is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to build and own the core platform foundation and product experiences powering Terzo’s vision
• This role will lead the delivery of our AI Intelligence Platform, the Terzo Commercial Graph, and AI Platform APIs all designed to power critical enterprise intelligence
• The opportunity is for builders seeking end-to-end ownership, from platform foundation through customer-facing experiences, while shaping the long-term architecture of an enterprise AI platform
• Design and implement core services spanning platform APIs, data models, and application layers
• Build and evolve the Terzo commercial graph, including entities, relationships, metrics, and signals
• Own platform foundations supporting analytics, workflows, AI agents, and marketplace experiences
• Develop scalable backend systems supporting high-volume, multi-source enterprise data
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and AI partners to deliver cohesive AI platform capabilities
• Establish engineering standards and frameworks around reliability, performance, security, and maintainability