Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Job description

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Backend to join Procore's Mobile engineering team . In this role, you'll be the connective tissue between our mobile clients and Procore's backend engineering teams, driving mobile-friendly API design and implementation that supports our offline-first architecture. Your primary goal is to make sure the APIs powering Project Management and Quality and Safety mobile experiences work the way mobile not just web needs them to, while mentoring engineers across a globally distributed team. As a Staff Software Engineer, Backend , you'll partner closely with backend teams across Procore as well as mobile client engineering, platform, and Product to represent mobile's needs early in API design conversations, and to help those teams build contracts that hold up in offline, low-connectivity, field conditions. Use your deep sympathy for client-side constraints, together with enough backend fluency to speak the language and influence the design, to close the gap that usually shows up only after mobile starts integrating. Join us to be the person who makes sure mobile and backend actually build for each other, on a team building the software that keeps construction projects — and the people managing them safe and on schedule. Apply today! This position reports into the Director of Engineering and will be based in our Cairo, Egypt office . We're looking for someone to join us immediately. What you’ll do: AI is central to how we work. You’ll be expected to master generative tools and agentic workflows, moving beyond just using AI to actively building the agentic future of construction. Act as the primary liaison between Mobile Project Management and Quality and Safety and backend engineering teams, representing mobile's needs in API and contract design Drive mobile-friendly implementation of REST and GraphQL APIs with a focus on supporting our offline-first architecture, identifying where APIs won't hold up for low-connectivity or field-use conditions, and working with backend teams to close gaps Partner across a large number of collaborating teams backend, mobile clients, platform, and product to align on contracts, dependencies, and shared standards before they become integration problems Bring a customer-centric perspective into architectural conversations owned by backend teams, rather than owning that architecture directly Mentor and develop teammates through code reviews, pairing, and training, growing a distributed engineering team across time zones Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues at the mobile/backend boundary, serving as an escalation point during incidents Identify recurring friction points between mobile and backend teams, and organize the right people to solve them What we're looking for: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field, or equivalent work experience Candidate with product mindset and/or Mobile Automation background is a huge plus 8+ years of combined software engineering experience, with a proven track record of technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and up-leveling team discourse Direct client-side (mobile or web) development experience, or very strong sympathy for how backend decisions land on client engineers — this matters more than owning backend services yourself Working fluency in backend development (Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Java, or similar) enough to engage credibly on designing or influencing REST and/or GraphQL APIs, ideally including offline-first or low-connectivity scenarios Exceptional communication skills and comfort collaborating across teams, translating ambiguous or competing needs into clear technical direction across time zones Strong Test Driven Development background and comfort with shift-left quality practices A systems thinker who enjoys the complexities of distributed systems, balanced with a pragmatic commitment to shipping working, high-quality code