Senior Backend Engineer
NYC | In Office | $200k + Equity 

What is this role: improving existing systems: our backend is a monolith, but this could change depending on the input of the person in this role: we’d like someone who could quickly form opinions, justify them, and lead development

• Building new systems: an interest in building and guiding the development of new systems is essential
• Drive backend contributions to product development: Partner closely with product and design to shape the underlying data models, APIs, and workflows that power core features.
• Ensure enterprise readiness: As we increasingly serve enterprise customers, you’ll help us meet these requirements.
• Own performance, reliability, and scalability: Lead initiatives to reduce latency, improve query performance, optimize data access patterns, and ensure our systems can handle growing volumes of customers, actions, and automations.
• Shape long-term technical strategy: Work with founders and engineering leadership to define a coherent backend roadmap. You’ll identify future platform needs, and proactively reduce tech debt as the company evolves.

What kind of person would suit this role?

• Very comfortable operating on the backend and data-layer in a Linux/macOS environment, comfortable with Python (preferably some FastAPI), and used to working with AWS
  • Other nice to haves: Go, FastAPI, Temporal, Postgres, MongoDB.
• Someone who is comfortable working with data and would enjoy improving and scaling a backend and data-layer to support a high-growth firm predicated on using AI to address a market inefficiency
• OK to work in-office in NYC 5 days / week (Chelsea, Specifically)
• You tackle ambiguity head-on, architect solutions, and iterate quickly with minimal oversight.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt as priorities evolve.
• You communicate clearly, share knowledge, and lift the bar for everyone around you.

Interview Process

• 30 minute screening call.
• 45 minute technical screening call.
• On site
  • system design white boarding – 60 minutes
  • hands on coding – 60 minutes
  • code review – 30 minutes