Senior Backend Engineer

Backend Systems & APIs

* Design, build, and ship resilient backend services.
* Develop and maintain scalable APIs and data-layer infrastructure.
* Work with PostgreSQL and background job systems.
* Build systems capable of handling high volumes of daily events.
* Implement pragmatic testing practices to maintain reliability and code quality.

Observability & Reliability

* Build and maintain effective observability across backend services.
* Identify and address reliability, performance, and scalability issues.
* Ensure backend systems remain resilient as the platform scales.

Product Collaboration

* Partner closely with product teams to define scope and technical tradeoffs.
* Understand the business purpose behind technical requirements and contribute to product decisions.
* Balance engineering quality with practical delivery timelines.

Required Experience & Skills

* 5+ years of experience building and shipping backend systems in production.
* Strong proficiency in Python or Go.
* Strong SQL skills and experience working with PostgreSQL.
* Experience designing and maintaining production APIs and backend services.
* Strong understanding of background jobs and asynchronous processing.
* Practical approach to testing and software quality.
* Experience building reliable, scalable systems.
* Strong problem-solving and technical decision-making skills.
* Ability to collaborate effectively with product and cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have

* Experience working with high-volume event pipelines.
* Experience designing systems that process large volumes of daily events.
* Understanding of GDPR-minded data handling and privacy-conscious system design.
* Experience working in environments scaling from thousands to millions of daily events.

Interview Process

1. Video Interview
2. Client Interview
3. Offer Stage

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