Backend Engineer Growth and Data

You will design, build, and maintain backend APIs, services, infrastructure, and integrations that support customer-facing data experiences. You will own features from design through deployment, build high-scale document-indexing systems, optimize performance, and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own critical system components
• Build and iterate on high-scale document-indexing systems
• Architect and implement performance-tuning solutions
• Minimize latency and maximize throughput
• Mentor and guide junior engineers

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend software-development experience
• Proficiency building backend and API systems with Python, Java, or Go
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS
• Experience with Kafka, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, or Redis
• Ability to analyze complex problems and communicate technical concepts
• Experience leading software-development projects
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Rapid prototyping with user feedback
• Experience taking ownership of major initiatives

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401K
• Catered daily lunch
• DoorDash dinner credit when working late
• Three months of parental leave for non-birthing parents
• Four months of parental leave for birthing parents
• $15k lifetime fertility benefit
• New-hire equity grant