Full Stack Engineer – Backend Focus

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Develop features comprehensively, from the database layer to the user interface, and conduct reviews of pull requests.

• Design and enhance core data models while reviewing migrations.

• Take responsibility for third-party integrations and make decisions regarding build versus buy options.

• Implement CI/CD processes using GitHub Actions and CircleCI.

• Oversee monitoring using New Relic and Sentry.

• Manage infrastructure on platforms such as Render, Postgres, and Redis.

• Lead efforts during infrastructure-related outages and escalations.

• Ensure dependencies remain current and streamline the technology stack.

• Collaborate with the data team to enhance privacy and security practices.

• Assist in developing AI coding tools and workflows for the team.

• Direct backend architecture and make decisions regarding backend and platform strategies.

• Work alongside product, design, marketing, and data teams to create new features and capabilities.

• Articulate technical decisions during code reviews and design discussions.

• Build across frontend, backend, mobile, and web platforms as required.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in developing production software across the stack, with significant expertise in backend development; fewer years may be considered with appropriate experience.

• Proven track record of building and delivering features end to end.

• Experience in constructing backend systems from the ground up and managing production environments in a startup setting.

• Familiarity with establishing CI, implementing monitoring solutions, and handling outages or emergencies.

• Strong proficiency in Postgres, including schema design from scratch and managing migrations on live systems.

• Experience in building and maintaining third-party integrations and making informed build-versus-buy decisions.

• A serious commitment to ensuring data security and privacy.

• Extensive experience with AI and autonomous coding tools.

• Capability to communicate technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.

• A keen interest in addressing new and diverse challenges.

• Preference for an individual contributor role rather than pursuing management positions.

• Must provide work authorization details and location during the application process.

🏝️ Benefits

• 0.2% – 0.5% equity.

• Flexible remote work arrangement.

• Opportunity to expand influence and scope within the organization.

• Work within a collaborative distributed engineering team.

• Engage in daily Slack and video collaboration.