Backend Engineer

What you’ll do

• Work with founders, design and iOS engineers to bring product ideas to life
• Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs and backend services that power our core platform
• Maintain and optimize infrastructure to scale as our user base grows
• Participate in technical architecture discussions, and set engineering excellence standards that will shape the engineering org for years to come
• Engage in our app / slack to gather feedback, resolve bugs and maintain a world class experience for our users

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience building backend systems at scale
• Technical excellence: can confidently architect a solution, work through complex technical challenges and collaborate with other teammates to deliver something from zero to production
• Product sense: Ability to reason through trade-offs between eng complexity, product scope, and quality to build quickly but maintain world class feel
• Versatility: Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt to different technical situations that arise by learning new skills, solving complex problems, taking on different hats etc.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
• Passion: You thrive in fast paced environments, and love taking ownership to drive projects from ideation, to coding and then production at a lightning pace

Ideal Candidate

• Proficiency in Python (experience with Django preferred)
• Experience with AWS specifically ECS, CDK, RDS, S3
• Deep understanding of infrastructure concepts including queuing systems, database architecture, caching, edge networks, container orchestration, etc.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD
• Cares about improving developer experience
• Understanding of social media platforms and content recommendation systems
• Passion for engineering that extends past your 9-5 job

Our Stack

• Backend: Python/Django
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Cache & Queue: Redis, Celery
• Infrastructure: AWS
• API: GraphQL, REST

What We Offer

• $100-200K annual salary + equity
• $200/month fitness stipend
• $250/quarter concert stipend
• Hybrid work environment: 4 days in our Soho NYC office, 1 day remote per week
• Catered office lunches on Tuesdays
• Opportunity to shape a platform that will reach millions of users
• Professional growth and development opportunities
• Work directly with founders

Interview Process

• Intro call with CTO
• Take home interview (few hours to complete)
• Phone screen
• Onsite or zoom interviews
• Offer