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

What We Offer

Housewarming

Backend Engineer