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Customer.io

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Location: Americas Remote · Category: Engineering & Development · Seniority: Lead · Posted: November 11, 2026 · Verified: Nov 11, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This staff-level role leads complex backend projects at Customer.io, setting technical direction and mentoring engineers. The engineer will drive architectural decisions focused on scalability and reliability of the core platform.
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Customer.io

customer.io

Marketing automation platform for event-driven lifecycle messaging.

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